I was annoyed by the completely implausible nature of the whole space toilet thing. The space program just does not work like that. It was still fairly amusing though, I must admit.
Sheldon would have a fit if he saw a similarly unrealistic portrayal on a TV show
I thought it was an amusing homage to the movie Apollo 13. And BTW, I totally identified with Howard’s geeky pride at his minor contribution to the space program, as one of my early projects was to build part of the shuttle mission simulator. (So that every time the astronauts do anything involving looking out the aft or overhead windows in the actual shuttle, they first had to practice that using the windows I built for the simulator. Yes, I know that it’s a pathetic thing to feel good about.)
At the end of the show Leonard asked Penny is she had spoken to him, she replied “I said Leonard” and he said “yes you did.” Penny didn’t catch at all that that was a reference to her calling his name out the previous night while on her date which was probably very embarrissing to her and ended her date. That didn’t seem too likely. Even if she didn’t know the other guy had told Leonard what happened, it still should have been an uncomfortable moment about something that was fresh on her mind.
Another good episode. Just last week I would have bet you that there was no way you could do potty humor that would make me laugh. I would have lost that bet.
So Penny is calling out Leonard’s name - good for Leonard!