It is not so easy to poop in space. You usually need a few contraptions to make sure that poop goes to the correct place. But… what if the poop-o-matic machine fails? What if you sneeze and a turd comes out flying with all its might? Is there a procedure to catch dirty flying derbies?
(also, what would they do if the poop-o-matic breaks down?)
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Actual logs from Apollo 10:
05 13 29 44 CDR Oh - Who did it?
05 13 29 _6 CMP Who did what?
05.13 29 47 LMP What?
05 13 29 49 CDR Who did it? (Laughter)
05 13 29 51 LMP Where did that come from?
05 13 29 52 CDR Give me a napkin quick. There’s a turd floating through the air.
05 13 29 55 CMP I didn’t do it. It ain’t one of mine.
05 13 29 57 LMP I don’t think it’s one of mine.
05 13 29 59 CDR Mine was a little more sticky than that. Throw that away.
05 13 30 06 CMP God almighty.
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05 13 38 29 LMP They said on 135. They told us that - Here’s another goddam turd. What’s the matter with you guys? Here, give me a -
There was a definite airflow direction on the old Skylab, so everything that was floating loose on the station eventually ended up on the airfilter. I’d imagine it’s the same on the ISS.
That would make the air filter the Space Station equivalent of the bilges in the oild sailing ships – the incredibly gross “lowest point” at which all the smelly, gross stuff ended up. Including escaped turds.
“Logs”. Hee hee!
I read the thread title as asking whether ISIS had such training, and I didn’t think that’s what we have been bombarding them with.
I love that episode of The Big Bang Theory.
“Meatloaf.”
Captain’s log?
I orignally read the title as ‘Do they have “escaping poop” training in ISIS’?
I was very confused.
In space no one can hear you [del]scream[/del] fart.
Donovan addressed this issue in the song The Intergalactic Laxative
Say, that’s an idea!
Don’t say that! I like meat loaf.
From the article:
Wow. Spaceships coated in shit. Well, I can’t imagine we’d not be welcomed with open arms by any alien civilization we meet… (“Why has nobody contacted the the civilization originating from the third planet of star system in the outer regions of galactic arm Draxx yet? They’re interstellar and all.” – “They fly in ships coated in their own excrement.” – “Well nevermind then.”)
Some 25 proposals were recently submitted to NASA following their Space Poop Challenge.
The top-prize winner, Air Force Col. Thatcher Cardon, commander of the 47th Medical Group at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, developed this g-string/perineal pad auto wipe, invert, and advance thingie, as far as I can tell.