Richard Garriott talks space toilets - SpacePod 2010.05.31

[Sheron124]

most of womens have that thing when they get talked about genitals and urines ect.... little funny i think thats their vagina that making them that XD

[TheSolarmike]

If the bathroom were to rotate where the center of rotation is the persons head then centrifugal forces would help in this delicate process. They should consider doing this for future missions

[JuggaloOzi]

Trillions of dollars and they couldn't even get the shitter right.

[IIIBLAKEIII]

1:37 Shooting Stars are beer kegs full of shit? hahaha

[marvchomer]

I gets me thinking about Mike Collins and the book he wrote (Carrying the Fire) about his experiences as a Gemini and Apollo astronaut. He mentions that they had to basically tape a plastic bag to their ass and poop in it. The bag had a built-in glove shape so they could grab the poop out. Then they had to pop in a germ-killing pill, close it up, knead it all together and store it for disposal on earth. He also mentioned having to do this with another astronaut 2 feet away. Much easier now.

[supremeon1]

NOW, THIS IS THE REAL SHIT !!! There are many other movies on youtube that describe the toilet, they even show it... but nobody, nobody tells the things that Richard just said now... THIS IS THE MOST EDUCATING MOVIE ABOUT TOILETS I EVER SEEN :)

[Mawgrim]

@supremeon1 Richard Garriot is showing how science can be fun (and quite funny, actually), without having to sound pretentious or complicated.

I'm positive we'll be hearing a lot from him in the next few years, especially with the increment of civil space flights, suborbital flights or low Earth orbit.

[TemplarOfNight]

Now I don't want to go to space.

[TemplarOfNight]

Now I don't want to go to space.

[LeadHammer]

Size of a soda can? I see now why the Americans finally installed their own toilet. It must be bigger.

[michailrobinson]

ha, something that has never even crossed my mind .... until now. Thanks alot guys :P

[maksphoto78]

Dear All,

I have some questions about applesweeter:

(1) Who is she and why does she posts these numbered questions?

(2) Why would we want to answer those questions?

(3) Why does she feel that people would want to answer her questions?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstrom!!! :)

[Drvol1]

richard make another mmorpg - kthanksbye.

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love to fly to space?

(2) Why do we want to explore the space and milky way?

(3) Why do we feel that space tiolet is so funny and amusing?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstrom!!! :)

[applesweeter]

P.S. For me, I will think twice before using that tiolet, because the vacuum mechanism will give me too much simulation on my "private part" of my lady body. I do not want to have a "honeymoon sensation" before my marriage.

[falloutshit]

he is a good storyteller

[sirachman]

Wish I could have been there this time !

[dablommer]

The young lady on the left just found this totally amusing...=)

[supremeon1]

@dablommer Are you referring to Cariann Higginbotham? she is cute and funny and she's smiling all the time :) Or, at least on spacevidcast...

[dablommer2010]

@supremeon1 Oh, there's Cariann, always good for a laugh....but nope, about a minute into the clip a young lady in a dark shirt appears and just couldn't stop grinning over the subject matter.

[supremeon1]

@dablommer2010 Ah, the lady in the dark shirt... yes, she smiles all the time... but, i don't know why, i think she's not young at all... on the contrary... anyway, what matters is that THIS VIDEO REALLY ROCKS! it's the best on this subject.

[bbrockert]

@dablommer The young lady on the left is Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, founder of Yuri's Night and wife of the CEO of Virgin Galactic, and she's quite charming in person.

[tuusita]

Fun stuff. =D