# Flatulence in space **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 29, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185 "2010-05-29T14:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/41 "2010-06-02T23:41:03Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Someone call [Le Petomane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane)! AKA “the best starfighter in the galaxy” and a cunning warrior… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/42 "2010-06-03T23:56:10Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Faaaaaaarts iiiiiiiiin Spaaaaaaaaaace :p:p:p:p:p spew :p:p:p:p 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/43 "2010-06-03T23:57:22Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > AKA “the best starfighter in the galaxy” and a cunning warrior… a “cutting fartier”?.. ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/44 "2010-06-06T04:23:13Z")
Sometimes I fart when we’re “launching the rocket”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/45 "2010-06-06T17:59:56Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > No matter how sick and twisted the idea you come up with, some sicko has already thought of it. 😃 Rule 34. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/46 "2010-06-08T13:07:52Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > AKA “the best starfighter in the galaxy” and a cunning warrior… I’ve often heard that the feats of Le Petomane were a cunning stunt. And of course the wife of Le Petomane was a stun… …um, …yeah, that. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/47 "2010-06-08T13:15:09Z")
Going boldly where no man has gone before. Exhaust, clear! Rocket nozzle, clear! _PAAAAAARP! THWOMP!_\* - The “paaaarp” was heard within the suit and the “thwomp” was the sound a fart makes in space. ---
**Author:** ![greenaum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@greenaum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenaum)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185/48 "2011-11-17T12:28:37Z")
According to “A house in space”, a biography of the Skylab mission, one thing the Skylab designers overlooked, in the zero-G department, was pressurising the water. It was stored in tanks around the main work area, pressurised by injecting air into the tanks as the water was consumed. Unfortunately without gravity, air is not lighter than water, so they just mixed together. The water got bubblier and bubblier as it was used up. The food packs, rehydrated by squirting hot water into a plastic pouch, were liable to explode. And being filled with bubbly water didn’t do the astronauts’ guts much good either. As crew member William Pogue said, “Farting about 500 times a day is not a good way to go.” > **[Space Today Online -- Man In Space Firsts -- table of contents](http://www.spacetoday.org/History/ManInSpaceFirsts/HauteCuisine.html)** > > STO covers Space from Earth to the Edge of the Universe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flatulence-in-space/541185.md?page=2)