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Watch How Astronauts Use the Toilet in Space

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This is how astronauts use the toilet in space. It’s really, really complicated because of that zero-gravity thing! And just like our friend Astronaut Leroy Chiao once told us, there’s a ton of things to worry about before you actually plop down.

https://gizmodo.com/the-trouble-with-space-toilets-5245218

NatGeo walked through the toilet protocol for number one and number two and discovered that there’s various funnels, tubes, switches, and EVEN A CAMERA AIMED AT YOUR BUTT to make sure the dumping process goes off without any floaters.

Give it a watch (don’t worry, no real dumping went on):

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[National Geographic]

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