SO *THAT'S* HOW YOU MEASURE IT
NASA Calls For Space Toilet That Can Handle “500g of Diarrhea”
(Thanks to Unholy Slacker, who says "One giant dump for mankind.")
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June 25, 2020
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How much is that in liquid volume?
Posted by: cfjk | June 25, 2020 at 12:23 PM
They'd better not let any of them read the Times editorial page then.
Posted by: Clankie | June 25, 2020 at 12:40 PM
That's only a little over a pound. That won't suffice if the crew does Taco Tuesdays between orbits.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | June 25, 2020 at 12:41 PM
What does the NASA toilet operators manual say about 510 grams of diarrhea?
Posted by: Le Petomane | June 25, 2020 at 01:32 PM
Wait...since the material in question would be some degree denser than plain water, you're talking about less than 500 ml of volume. 500 ml is about a pint. NASA apparently doesn't understand just how diarrhea works.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | June 25, 2020 at 01:32 PM
Really shitty article.
Posted by: Steverino | June 25, 2020 at 02:36 PM
Somehow I've gone most of my life without having to worry about Space Dumping...do we really need to think about Scotty screaming "I haven't got the power!" in THIS context?
Posted by: JB | June 25, 2020 at 03:42 PM
What would "Elon & the Space Sharts" be a good name for?
Posted by: cfjk | June 25, 2020 at 03:54 PM
As a practitioner of the Metformin arts, I'm pretty sure that 500 mil-anything would be way understating the problem.
Posted by: Not My Usual -- uh, hang on I'll be back in a minute | June 25, 2020 at 04:05 PM
My brother saw 500 G of Diarrhea at Woodstock.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 26, 2020 at 09:08 AM