The Dark Side Of Manned Spaceflight and Rotational Gravity.... Toilets

[Spacescifi]

15 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

Some Fresh Scoop on the Troublesome Poop - Straight from SpaceX: SpaceX needs to tame toilet trouble before weekend launch - The Washington Post

(paywalled for me - but I figured @Spacescifi would enjoy a look.)

How is it paywalled for you if you live in the US? It was not paywalled for me?

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

4 hours ago, Spacescifi said:

How is it paywalled for you if you live in the US? It was not paywalled for me?

There is a free article limit.

[Spacescifi]

1 hour ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

There is a free article limit.

Oh right... I never read that online so it was not paywalled for me.

 

To bypass that all you have to do is delete all your history and browser cookies.

 

You did not miss much really, just stating that there was a urine leak, and they wantedto fix it for next time. So urine does not pool up under the hull and potentially cause reentry issues somehow.

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

1 hour ago, Spacescifi said:

cause reentry issues somehow

liquid expands when it freezes.

[kerbiloid]

9 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

liquid expands when it freezes.

Only water and several other ones.

Onless the "liquid" was substituted by the word filter.

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That's why a life hardly can evolve in a hydrocarbon pool on Titan.

Edited October 27, 2021 by kerbiloid

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

5 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

the "liquid" was substituted by the word filter

I choose my words carefully!

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