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Title    Elon Musk Says Inspiration4 Crew had 'Challenges' with the Toilet, Promises Upgrade
Date    Friday September 24 2021, @03:31AM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the more-than-just-a-passing-interest dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/09/23/2251220

upstart writes:

Elon Musk says Inspiration4 crew had 'challenges' with the toilet, promises upgrade:

SpaceX's Inspiration4 orbital mission with four non-professional astronauts was by all accounts quite a triumph for space history, space tourism and fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. However, there may have been some tense moments when it came to using the toilet on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted Monday night that the Inspiration4 crew had some "challenges" with the loo. He promised upgrades for future missions.

[...] SpaceX hasn't revealed much about how the toilet works, but Isaacman told Insider in July that the facilities were located near the spacecraft's large cupola window with a curtain to allow for a wee bit of privacy. He described the toilet as having "one hell of a view."

[...] Inspiration4 spent three days in orbit before returning to Earth with a splashdown on Saturday. That's three days of using the bathroom in microgravity while in very close quarters with others. Upon hearing of the mission's potty problems, bidet company Tushy said its product engineers were standing at the ready to develop the first ever space bidet, the Tushy Ass Blast 9000.


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Links

  1. "upstart" - https://soylentnews.org/~upstart/
  2. "Elon Musk says Inspiration4 crew had 'challenges' with the toilet, promises upgrade" - https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-inspiration4-crew-had-challenges-with-the-toilet-elon-musk-says/
  3. "SpaceX's Inspiration4 orbital mission" - https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-inspiration4-mission-splashdown-ends-historic-trip-around-the-earth/
  4. "Elon Musk tweeted Monday night" - https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1440169571466371073
  5. "Isaacman told Insider in July" - https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-civilian-crew-view-from-spaceship-toilet-2021-6
  6. "spacecraft's large cupola window" - https://www.cnet.com/news/new-domed-window-to-give-spacex-dragon-astronauts-knockout-view-of-earth/
  7. "Tushy said its product engineers were standing at the ready" - https://twitter.com/hellotushy/status/1440826997005959170
  8. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=51502

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