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more about #spacetoilet more comments → Sora57 is OK: Now we all can appreciate the gravity of the shituation. more » Purple Dave: Just don't use any space-toilets designed by anyone named Wolowitz. more » Mount_Prion: "The Trouble with Dribbles" more » Nick: i guess anything is better than the two fingers and a leaf technique someone told me once more » Thud: I asked this precise question of my 2nd grade teacher in 1972. The cool thing was that she actually took it seriously and wrote a letter to NASA with... more » Lewis: So is the most unrealistic part of sci-fi the artificial gravity generation? Is that even remotely possible? more » Ozzie's Secret Code Name: MisterWho: So, if someone has diarrhea, and misses the hose a little, then wonderful specks of brown pixie juice will be drifting aloft?! Ewwwww!!! more » Jakooboo is going to Chicago Tardis!: Gross... What did you do with the (full) bags during Gemini and Apollo? Use them as pillows? more » pipper: Burning question: Is all water recycled for consumption on the ISS? (including you-know-what?) more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: How tired do you get of being asked that particular question? more » Ozymandias: This whole space blogging is really sweet. I hope one day that space travel is accessible to people, I would love to be weightless. Just thinking abo... more » bornonbord: "You've really got to get to know yourself, and get good at lining things up for this operation!" For some reason, I really laughed hard at that. more » infmom: Given the not-so-long-ago correlation between astronauts and diapers, naming anything Serenity is going to give people the entirely wrong idea. more » N@tedog: ummmmm so what IS the 8th most popular name? You forgot to mention that. more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: NASA- You're DEAD TO ME. more » -
#astroblogger
The Trouble With Space Toilets
Even when astronaut guest blogger Leroy Chiao isn't asked, he knows people are dying to know: What's the deal with relieving yourself when there's no gravity to contain the mess? How does it actually work? More » -
#colbert
NASA Names Treadmill, Not Toilet, After Stephen Colbert
After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he's getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead. More » -
#wearabletoilet
Japanese Invent High Tech Space Diapers
Engineers all over the world have focused their vast brainpower to overcome one major obstacle—space pooping. The Japanese think they have a solution with their fancy new wearable toilet. More » -
#iss
Shuttle to Repair ISS Toilet, Save the Day
It must be a relief for the ISS crew to hear that their malfunctioning toilet will get some urgently-needed repairs next week, now that Discovery will be whizzing a new pump aloft. The dodgy loo has been unable to deal with liquid waste, and repair attempts failed. So NASA has cleared Discovery to fly on Saturday with a 13kg replacement pump, even though it means leaving other stuff behind. "Having a working toilet is a priority for us," said Scott HigginbothamHigginbottom, in charge of shuttle payloads. The Russian-made pump was even give special treatment: it was flown in a diplomatic pouch from Russia. Clearly when spacemen need to go, they need to go... [New Scientist]
