Comment by 🚀 stack
Not at all important. Been there. Done that. Blew a trillion. Learned more about what happened in the first femtosecond after the big bang or something like that -- because it is so important to know. Egg prices quadrupled. Let's celebrate the brave explorers.
But glad no one died. We will compensate elsewhere, don't worry.
Apr 11 · 4 weeks ago
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👻 darkghost [OP] · Apr 11 at 15:41:
Hey, we sent a toilet around the moon. Apollo had bags with stickers you stuck to your posterior. In the immortal words of Apollo 10 commander Thomas Stafford "Give me a napkin quick. There's a turd floating through the air." After another fece was spotted, it lead to an energetic but fruitless investigation of whodunit, with the lunar module pilot and last man to walk on the moon Eugen Cernan remarking "Here's another goddamn turd. What's the matter with you guys? ... Well, babe, if it was me, I sure would know I was sh***ing on the floor." If that's not progress I don't know what is.
Well, that may have changed my outlook on the space program! Nothing like a fece mention to sway my opinion :)
speaking of the toilet, I heard that every so often they basically vented the contents in to space. Surely each use of the toilet would capture a small volume of "atmosphere" so... what was the theoretical max number of toilet uses before that loss became an issue? Did they ever find out the source of the burning smell?
Not if you fart like I do.
I developed the habit as a kid in preparation for space travel
Comes on handy for emergency propulsion means.
👻 darkghost [OP] · Apr 11 at 20:20:
Unfortunately that form of propulsion won't work inside the suit. You will need a zip flap. And to achieve maximum specific impulse I recommend a bean heavy diet.
I was thinking of a one-way valve combined with a whistle (in case energized in the airlock, to alert crew of a negligent discharge).
A source of ignition and an oxygen line may improve performance.
The diet doesn't seem to affect my output that much, to the dismay of my family.
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Landed — Everybody back home safe. Kids enjoyed the whole mission.