Richard Garriott talks space toilets - SpacePod 2010.05.31

Ah yes, the question that all school kids ask: how do you go to the bathroom in space? Tee hee hee! Well, as it turns out, solid waste is not as easy as you may expect. We caught up with Astronaut Richard Garriott after his presentation at the 2010 International Space Development Conference in Chicago, IL where he told his space waste story. Enjoy!

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[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 :)

[dablommer]

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

[Nelson Cabrera]

Not possible, you'll transfer that motion to the station itself, which would cause havoc with the position-keeping systems. Cool idea though.

[e4jasperi]

So did I!

[PJ Champion]

Ah it's not funny after having to touch poo

[PJ Champion]

Hahahaha

[Wibbahh]

lol he isn't Sherlock, he's a space tourist

[shockwaveupdate]

Little hint: he's an astronaut.

[Wibbahh]

This guy sounds like a pretty smart dude

[Vrael473]

Billions of dollars and our astronauts cant take a proper shit?

[Cepxico]

Since nasa started, they've only spent 800-900 billion dollars. That's about 15 billion a year that they get to work with. Trillions?

[mihiranga sarangu]

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