NASA’s Artemis II was a major success—so why couldn’t the crew flush the toilet?
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Key insight: <p>The space environment—microgravity
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NASA’s Artemis II was a major success—so why couldn’t the crew flush the toilet?

The space environment—microgravity, extreme temperatures and more—make it near-impossible to truly test a space toilet like Artemis II's ahead of launch, experts say

Everyday operations in orbit: toilet maintenance

The toilet problem on the spacecraft that went to the moon came to the forefront.
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<p>ගුරුත්වාකර්ෂණය අභිබවා යමින් විශ්වය
#spacecraft #forefront #problem #toilet
The toilet problem on the spacecraft that went to the moon came to the forefront.

ගුරුත්වාකර්ෂණය අභිබවා යමින් විශ්වය ජයගැනීමට සැරසෙන මිනිසාට මඟහැරිය නොහැකි එකම ස්වභාවික අවශ්‍යතාව කුමක්ද? ඒ අන් කිසිවක් නොව, තම මූලික ශාරීරික අවශ්‍යතා සපුරා ගැනීමේ අභියෝගයයි. 1972 වසරේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වූ ඇ...

"Happy birthday!"

"Wow!"

"I gotta gift for you!"

"You shouldn't have. It's a big box. I said get me something little, like a little toy or something."

"Open it."

"Okay. [...] Wait... you got me a toilet?"

"Yes. A wavelet is a little wave, so a toilet is a little toy."

"If you have to explain your gift..."

#toilet #toy #little #GiftGiving

A Chinese #EV automaker could one day offer a voice-controlled on-board #toilet. Now, there’s a car you can really “go” in.