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NASA wants your help to develop better ways to poop in space!

NASA has launched a challenge on HeroX for people to develop a better way for astronauts to poop in space!
Posted by: admin , December 5, 2016
  • Budding scientists, NASA needs your help!
  • NASA has launched a challenge on HeroX for people to develop a better way for astronauts to poop in space!
  • As there are no toilets in space, the agency wants ideas for a better system to ‘manage waste’, with a prize of US$30,000 on offer for the winning entry.
  • Veteran astronaut Richard Mastracchio says ‘spaceflight is not always glamorous’ with nature calling at any time.
  • Today, astronauts wear absorbent nappies in case of emergency during a space walk, but according to the Washington Post this will not be suitable as we venture further into the lunar orbit.

Read more:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/87055733/nasas-latest-mission-solving-the-issue-of-how-to-poo-in-space

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/pooping-in-deep-space-has-nasa-stumped-the-space-poop-challenge-is-your-way-to-help/?utm_term=.bbca7fd9f61c

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Tags: Absorbent nappies, Astronauts, Budding scientists, HeroX, Manage waste, nasa, poop, Poop in space, Richard mastracchio, scientists, Spaceflight, Toilets, Toilets in space, Wants your help

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