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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Re; Shuttle Toilet
- Message-ID: <C0pIFo.Bqz@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:33:23 GMT
- References: <321010b68@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <321010b68@ofa123.fidonet.org> Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- >>>Uhhh... why didn't NASA just reuse the Skylab toilet on Shuttle?
- >>Good question. I haven't seen a detailed explanation...
- >
- > Actually, I think the primary reason was because the Skylab
- >toilet used the old empty Saturn tank to dump the wastes into (like
- >the Skylab trash disposal did)...
-
- Nope, the Skylab toilet captured and bagged the solid wastes, because
- some of the biomedical experimenters wanted them.
-
- I don't remember exactly what was done with the urine; I know there was
- a long squabble about the best approach during Skylab's development.
-
- >Skylab toilet was rather large and heavy, and on shuttle they tried
- >to reduce it down into a "closet" size...
-
- There wasn't any particular reason why the Skylab toilet needed to be
- big or heavy; are you sure? Unlike the original shuttle toilet, it
- wasn't a mechanical contraption with moving parts.
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