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Space Forum / Shuttle / April 2008How do they take a dump?
This is a serious question that I have wondered about... How do astronauts take a dump in space? Taking a piss, I can understand -- they just use a vacuum hose, but since gravity is necessary for turds to drop (plop!), how do they do it? Is it some sort of vacuum seat that they sit on that sucks the turds away as soon as they leave the body? What happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? Do their butts get nasty? > This is a serious question that I have wondered about... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sit on that sucks the turds away as soon as they leave the body? �What > happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? �Do their butts get nasty? vacuumn seat, shuttle toilet costs millions and still clogs. apollo era used box that would lue to butt, finger in plasti bag entry hole woulds move things along. during moon walks and waiting on pad they all wore diapers, and still due. remember that female astronaut that wore diapers to save stops planning on attacking her rival......... On Mar 24, 7:27?pm, "Eric" <n...@nowhere.none.nnn> wrote: >> This is a serious question that I have wondered about... >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> sit on that sucks the turds away as soon as they leave the body? ?What >> happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? ?Do their butts get nasty? > vacuumn seat, shuttle toilet costs millions and still clogs. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > remember that female astronaut that wore diapers to save stops > planning on attacking her rival......... Eeeew! You mean that they grabbed the turd while it was turtle-heading with their fingers and pulled it out? Even with a plastic barrier, that is disgusting! If they grab it too hard it might break. Might I point out that its only disgusting because we have been taught that it is. Thousands upon thousands of dog owners pick up fresh turds from their pets every day using plastic bags after all. Brian  SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > On Mar 24, 7:27?pm, "Eric" <n...@nowhere.none.nnn> wrote: >>> This is a serious question that I have wondered about... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Even with a plastic barrier, that is disgusting! If they grab it too hard > it might break. > Might I point out that its only disgusting because we have been taught > that it is. Thousands upon thousands of dog owners pick up fresh turds [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> Even with a plastic barrier, that is disgusting! If they grab it too >> hard it might break. > Might I point out that its only disgusting because we have been taught > that it is. Thousands upon thousands of dog owners pick up fresh turds > from their pets every day using plastic bags after all. Had a blind housemate. When they get their seeing eye dog, they're trained to pick up the pile. So they have the additional complication of doing it blindly. > Brian > SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html Yes, and the attachment for ladies who need to pee is interesting as well. Brian SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Mar 24, 7:27?pm, "Eric" <n...@nowhere.none.nnn> wrote: > This is a serious question that I have wondered about... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sit on that sucks the turds away as soon as they leave the body? ?What > happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? ?Do their butts get nasty? vacuumn seat, shuttle toilet costs millions and still clogs. apollo era used box that would lue to butt, finger in plasti bag entry hole woulds move things along. during moon walks and waiting on pad they all wore diapers, and still due. remember that female astronaut that wore diapers to save stops planning on attacking her rival......... Are you aware that any Astronaut will tell you this is the question most asked of them by children? Its been covered a heck of a lot. Have you been away? :) Brian SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > This is a serious question that I have wondered about... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > body? What happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? Do their butts get > nasty? > Are you aware that any Astronaut will tell you this is the question most > asked of them by children? Its been covered a heck of a lot. Have you been > away? :) > > Brian Hi, Well, that may be because children aren't afraid to ask that question. LOL. I actually did go on to read a bit about the toilets and how they work to "flush" turds. Ok, not to be disgusting, but since it uses air instead of water (and the sh.t literally does hit the fan!), doesn't that leave track marks? I'd hate to be the first guy, or woman, to take a dump because everyone would know that those track marks were yours! Also, since it gets "freeze-dried" from a vacuum, doesn't it kinda stick and harden on the fan blades? Yuck! I wonder if that is what happened when they had to fix the toilet that one time. The guy fixing the toilet had on surgical gloves that cover only your hands. I wonder if they drew straws to see who got that detail... > > Are you aware that any Astronaut will tell you this is the question most > > asked of them by children? Its been covered a heck of a lot. Have you been [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > time. The guy fixing the toilet had on surgical gloves that cover only your > hands. I wonder if they drew straws to see who got that detail... There are no fan blades any more > I actually did go on to read a bit about the toilets and how they work to > "flush" turds. > > Ok, not to be disgusting, but since it uses air instead of water (and the > sh.t literally does hit the fan!) Heard a story to the effect that, on the first shuttle mission, that fan was wired backwards, so it blew in the wrong direction. Which meant that the turds went in undesired directions. This wasn't caught by the people on the ground in inspections before flight. They checked that the fan powered up, but hadn't thought to check the air flow direction... >> I actually did go on to read a bit about the toilets and how they work >> to "flush" turds. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > people on the ground in inspections before flight. They checked that > the fan powered up, but hadn't thought to check the air flow direction... fantastic prank, just want to hope the astronaut didn't have the squirts. > > I actually did go on to read a bit about the toilets and how they work to > > "flush" turds. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > people on the ground in inspections before flight. They checked that > the fan powered up, but hadn't thought to check the air flow direction... It wasn't wired backwards. But it sling some stuff On Mar 28, 7:58 am, charliexmur...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > I actually did go on to read a bit about the toilets and how they work to > > > "flush" turds. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It wasn't wired backwards. But it sling some stuff Beavis and Butthead in Space: "Whoa look! Turds!" > This is a serious question that I have wondered about... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sit on that sucks the turds away as soon as they leave the body? What > happens if an astronaut has diarrhea? Do their butts get nasty? Read Mike Mullane's "Riding Rockets" It has the most scatalogical content I have ever seen in any astronaut autobiography. Nuff said... Course this might be trolling. |
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