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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: ABX on February 17, 2017, 03:53:24 am

Title: NASA Picks Groin Airlock As Winner Of Space Poop Competition
Post by: ABX on February 17, 2017, 03:53:24 am

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What happens when you need to take a dump, but you’re in a spacesuit? This is a genuine conundrum that has baffled the world’s sharpest minds for decades, and NASA decided to ask the general public for help in one of the strangest competitions ever run......

http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-groin-airlock-winner-space-poop-competition/

Title: Re: NASA Picks Groin Airlock As Winner Of Space Poop Competition
Post by: Smokin Joe on February 17, 2017, 10:45:35 am

So someday, some poor SOB could have his ship holed by someone's 'ejecta' in orbit...

As bad as it sounds, in the interest of helping keep orbit, well, cleaner, they should at least have to wing it at the planet (or their least favorite country).

Title: Re: NASA Picks Groin Airlock As Winner Of Space Poop Competition
Post by: driftdiver on February 17, 2017, 11:19:41 am

Don't they currently wear a diaper.