• Question: what happens if you need the toilet whilst wearing a space suit?

    Asked by microcoolio to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Darren Nesbeth

      Darren Nesbeth answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      You blow it out the airlock.

    • Photo: Deuan Jones

      Deuan Jones answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I don’t know – that’s why I never wear a spacesuit around the house – you never know when you might need to go. I’m guessing you get told this in astronaut training though – are you a spaceman?

    • Photo: Michelle Hudson-Shore

      Michelle Hudson-Shore answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I hope that it has got some kind of way of collecting it or it could get very messy!

    • Photo: Lori-An Etherington

      Lori-An Etherington answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Space suits have built in facilities 🙂

    • Photo: Duncan Hull

      Duncan Hull answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Its not very easy.

      http://www.doctorzebra.com/drz/s_bathroom.html

      Washing, brushing your teeth and shaving are quite tricky too

      But there is an upside, according to the article above:

      “In the microgravity environment of space, it is apparently possible to move oneself around by farting.”

      So you’ll be farting around, quite literally!

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