- 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
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