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Article #7477Re: new Shuttle toilet
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:21
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:21
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In article <C0Lny2.ox.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
>A few mitigating factors that might be considered:
> * I understand the pre-Shuttle toilet facilities took around an hour
> to use (for solid waste)...
That's the Gemini/Apollo stick-on baggies. The Skylab toilet wasn't a
problem that way; it wasn't significantly more hassle than an ordinary
Earthbound toilet.
(I haven't seen details on the new shuttle toilet, but my impression is
that it more or less goes back to the Skylab approach.)
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: new Shuttle toilet Message-ID: <C0M97z.9w6@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:21:34 GMT References: <C0Lny2.ox.1@cs.cmu.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 14