In space no one can hear you . . . nevermind. (From 2020).
Pooping in microgravity is always going to be a challenge, despite NASA’s attempts to make the experience as hassle-free as possible for astronauts. But Zachary Taylor, a space architect at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has some ideas about how to make extraterrestrial bathrooms even better. In a forthcoming, Taylor outlines what he calls a bathroom “manifesto” that calls for rethinking the way astronauts do their business in space.
For starters, there’s the issue of comfort. The toilet seats in the space station’s bathrooms have such small openings that crew heading to space actually. This involves sitting on a simulated space toilet with a camera in the bowl and practicing alignment by watching, via a screen in front of them, where their butt is positioned. “It’s been a running joke that the toilet is easy to miss,” Taylor says.
“The poop bags come up again and again, and it frustrates me because we’ve made so many advances elsewhere, but this topic just gets ignored,” Taylor says about space toilet design. “It makes some people uncomfortable, but I think it’s just as important for the long-term health and performance of the crew as a good cockpit design or bed.”
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