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In article <321010b68@ofa123.fidonet.org> Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
>>>Uhhh... why didn't NASA just reuse the Skylab toilet on Shuttle?
>>Good question.  I haven't seen a detailed explanation...
>  
>    Actually, I think the primary reason was because the Skylab
>toilet used the old empty Saturn tank to dump the wastes into (like
>the Skylab trash disposal did)...

Nope, the Skylab toilet captured and bagged the solid wastes, because
some of the biomedical experimenters wanted them.

I don't remember exactly what was done with the urine; I know there was
a long squabble about the best approach during Skylab's development.

>Skylab toilet was rather large and heavy, and on shuttle they tried
>to reduce it down into a "closet" size...

There wasn't any particular reason why the Skylab toilet needed to be
big or heavy; are you sure?  Unlike the original shuttle toilet, it
wasn't a mechanical contraption with moving parts.
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