NASA wants your help designing future moon toilets

ENgadget ^ | 06/25/2020 | Racehk England

[BenLurkin]

Lunar gravity is approximately one sixth of Earth’s gravity, so bodily fluids and the like will “fall down,” but more slowly, which brings its own icky challenges.

There’s $35,000 in prize money up for grabs, plus the unending personal glory of being able to say you helped designed a moon toilet. There’s also a junior category for under-18s.

There’s a fairly extensive list of technical requirements for the sought-after toilet, and creators will have to take into account a host of factors including female needs and sickness. For example, while the preferred method for capturing vomit will be emesis bags (“throw up” bags), NASA says that bonus points will be awarded to designs that can capture vomit without requiring crew members to put their head in the toilet. Deadline for submissions is August 17th, with adult winners announced on September 30th, and junior winners on October 20th

[Hot Tabasco]

I think MC Hammer had this problem solved back in the '90s...

Don't touch this!

[dfwgator]

Too legit, too legit to s-—.

[elbook]

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Proper Filters for the Smell will be the critical component (as big as any Moonbase is, it still will be a rather Closed Space ...)

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[takebackaustin]

Yeah, and you will be immortalized on the moon, like Thomas Crapper.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[tbw2]

Toilet seat girl!

[clearcarbon]