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Shuttle's Toilet Requires Special Training

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Uploaded on May 5, 2010

Mike Massimino helps answer the one question he and other astronauts get asked most often: "How do you 'go' in space?" Mike catches up with STS-132 Mission Specialists Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers as they get some "refreshers" on the use of shuttle Atlantis' "Space Potty." (Training includes an "alignment camera.") Bowen, Sellers and their four crewmates are scheduled to launch aboard Atlantis for the International Space Station on May 14. The workings of a space toilet, on "STS-132: Behind the Scenes, Vol. 1."

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    A 360p quality video from NASA?!

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    Fun fact: Air conditioning the military costs more than NASA's entire budget

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  • SuperSkyBuilder

    lol no.. you dont. it gets filtered and recycled, so you drink regular water.

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    Wait, this guy wasn't just a character on big bang theory...

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  • rodentlover100

    :O YOU DRINK YOUR OWN PEE! :O (i know that since its your own bacteria it wouldent be that bad and kill you but NASTY!)

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    the thing is its a insult to gay people so by saying "gay faggot" your saying their straight and the insult means nothing so you sir just got owned

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  • Sean Jon

    You have to do all this things before you shit?

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    mad gay faggot alert!

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    What are you trying to say? What the hell is a dumb idiot.. That's almost as bad as someone calling you a gay faggot, which so many people probably do.

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    nasa proprietary filtration system, aka they'll never tell you.

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    dumb idiot alert!

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