[SpaceProgram] Space toilets - something needs to be done...

[Alex]

Can't be any weirder than the music playing, seat warming, smell dispersing, butt washing Japanese toilets I've seen...

Also, the Gates Foundation are pumping money into building better toilets for the third world. Definitely room for synergy there

Alex Cureton-Griffiths
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On 17 Sep 2012, at 08:20 PM, cole santos <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lets just build REALLY good air filters and rid ourselves of toilets...lol
> 
> After a few hundred years the toilet is ready for a redesign. I wonder of people would buy them on earth. Im thinking it could be a bicycle seat with a vacuum and some spray nozzles. Who wants to test first?
> 
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Alex Cureton-Griffiths <alexcg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting article. Looks like inventing a workable space toilet could be important - especially as more countries (with different diets) aim for space
> 
> http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/09-06-2009/107747-space_toilet-0/
> 
> Quote from article (excuse the somewhat graphic nature…)
> 
> Until recently, Russian cosmonauts and US astronauts did not distinguish between their toilets and used the one that was closer. However, the food, which space researchers eat, differs greatly. The Russian space food is more savoury, more natural and more diverse, which US astronauts acknowledge too.
> 
> It just so happens that the consistency of fecal matter turns out to be rather thick against the background of such a diet.
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