Discussion
Mars For The Rest of Us
the_af: This story of space toilers clears out many questions I had about spaceflight and... uh, going number 2.Namely: astronauts try NOT to as much as they can, and when they do go, it's a mess for both them and their crew mates. They suffer through it because being in space is a worthy achievement.
detourdog: I was surprised there were no pictures of the actual toilets. Would love more but found this.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_toilet
cubefox: This goes into a bit more mechanical detail than the Substack post (which only gestures at "air suction"). I'm still not sure whether there are different urine hose adapters for men and women or not.
idlewords: The hose is the same but there are different funnel attachments (the part looks kind of like the cup from a jock strap, and is longer and narrower for women)
