Bust out the Depends
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:06 pm
Astronauts To Wear Diapers During Splashdown Due To SpaceX’s Capsule Problems
Space travel is not as glamourous as science fiction makes it out to be, and the astronauts of SpaceX Crew-2 are learning that the hard way. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that is taking them back to Earth has toilet problems and it will be unusable.
"We have other means to allow the crew to perform the functions they need," said NASA's Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stitch in a prelaunch briefing – and by "other means," he means diapers.
https://www.iflscience.com/space/astron ... 3M8VjMMQoE

Space travel is not as glamourous as science fiction makes it out to be, and the astronauts of SpaceX Crew-2 are learning that the hard way. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that is taking them back to Earth has toilet problems and it will be unusable.
"We have other means to allow the crew to perform the functions they need," said NASA's Commercial Crew program manager Steve Stitch in a prelaunch briefing – and by "other means," he means diapers.
https://www.iflscience.com/space/astron ... 3M8VjMMQoE
