Posted on 09/20/2021 11:05:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Details are still scarce as to what happened with the space toilet, but the anomaly involved its suction fan, according to Reed. The suction fan is responsible for removing waste products.
Historically, crews that have ridden aboard the Dragon were in transit to the International Space Station and so only stayed in the spacecraft for 24 hours or less at a time. The facilities likely saw more use during the Inspiration4 mission, since this crew lived inside the Dragon capsule for approximately three days.
Dragon's toilet is located near the craft's nosecone, which is also where the cupola window is located on the Inspiration4 capsule. (The cupola replaced the docking mechanism other Crew Dragons use to connect to the space station.)
According to Reed, the forward hatch had to be closed while the facilities were in use, thus preventing a crewmember from looking out the massive window while taking care of business. That means no sweeping views of Earth from space for astronauts using Dragon's toilet, a possibility that was hinted at by the mission's commander and financier Jared Isaacman before flight.
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And they removed my thread about the space plumber.
“Jiggle the handle.”
Something happened but we don’t have any details. What a useless article.
Where is Howard Walowitz when you need him?
We’ll have to plunge into the topic.
We’ll flush out the truth.
Eeewww....turds in space.
Seem to recall that the Shuttle had toilet problems until the engineers figure out that there was an issue with how it was not handling feminine products very well.
There is a humorous scene in “2001: A Space Odyssey” where the main character is reading the very lengthy instructions for the Zero Gravity Toilet which are posted on the bulkhead.
That depends.
Nothing weirder than getting sucked in space...
If it’s yellow, let it mellow
Hope they had ziplocks for the other
Biden has that on earth bfd
You all know porn is fake when the plumber shows up in 3 minutes
Did Howard Wolowitz work on it?
According to Reed, the forward hatch had to be closed while the facilities were in use, thus preventing a crewmember from looking out the massive window while taking care of business.
Well of course! Would you want the whole world watching while you took care of business?
Cupola... crapola... I can see how the mixup happened.
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