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DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet

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From: Michael F. Santangelo
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 05:11
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Well, it occured to me after being subjected to a little CNN Headline News
peice this evening regarding the new $23 MILLION DOLLAR toilet that will
be flying aboard the shuttle Endeavour (GAO is somewhat concerned about
this btw) that no mention has been made regarding this sort of thing
with respect to the proposed manned, operational Delta Clipper program.
Since DC-1(,2,3...) will have the ability to stay in LEO for at least
some days with astronauts aboard, one wonders what kind of accomodations
they will have while not engaged in flight activities (i.e. sleeping, eating,
and what comes as a result of eating).  A great deal of time, effort, and money
has been spent on STS to accomodate humans living in space during
week long missions in this regard.

What's the scoop here Allen?  Any info appreciated.

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From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet
Date: 7 Jan 1993 05:11:01 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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Summary: ?Delta Clipper accomodations for long duration flights
Keywords: DC,toilet,high-cost,long duration orbital logistics for astronauts