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Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by longjohnbritches
Ok let's hear the history of the little brown squashies.
I was told they were in bags and sat on untill the astronaught could store them for the return trip. Have you worked for NASA?
No, I do NOT "work" for NASA.....
"little brown squashies"?? Do you mean feces??
It is so VERY easy to look up, and understand how Astronauts.....back in 1960. OR in 2012 deal with bodily waste.....whether urine or feces.
I mean......it is NOT "pretty" in zero-G but, it is possible......there are SO many sources online to explain it.....
Poop in Space With No Gravity
THINK about it......if you poop in gravity (as here, on Earth)....then you can "feel" anything that "dangles"....right??
In micro-gravity.....such that "dangle" will not "fall"...so, you HAVE to wipe. Period.
Get it????edit on Sun 8 April 2012 by ProudBird because: (no reason given)
You know what did they do with the fetcies (you know poo)??
Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by longjohnbritches
You know what did they do with the fetcies (you know poo)??
IF you bothered to pay attention (or just "Google") then YOU would know as much as I do!!!
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT....based on these inane "questions"....and, THANKS for that!!!!!
Go, learn.....really.....GO!!!! LEARN!!!!!!
Originally posted by thedman
reply to post by longjohnbritches
Try reading this
Scroll down to "THERE AINT NO GRACEFUL WAY...."
Is a long interview with astronaut Russell "Rusty" Schweikart on how to do the deal (urination/defecation) in
Zero G
www.nss.org...
Originally posted by longjohnbritches
I look through that stuff you post. It does not tell what they found in that poop. Whether the suit protected the guts of the guys from moon biology,etc. What the effects of micro gravity had on the digestive system and all.
Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by longjohnbritches
I look through that stuff you post. It does not tell what they found in that poop. Whether the suit protected the guts of the guys from moon biology,etc. What the effects of micro gravity had on the digestive system and all.
Come on, LJB. Everybody knows a little moon-tang never hurt anyone.
The suit for that, first man to walk on the moon has to be totally flawless.
Originally posted by ProudBird
You "might" learn something..........
Originally posted by paradox
Originally posted by ProudBird
You "might" learn something..........
Judging from his past this is extremely doubtful.
Originally posted by paradox
Originally posted by ProudBird
You "might" learn something..........
Judging from his past this is extremely doubtful.
Originally posted by Illustronic
reply to post by longjohnbritches
LEM, I suppose you mean the lunar module was tested, docking was also tested, as well as occupant transfer and so where the suits, extensively. You can't get away with a totally fabricated hit-and-run post of complete bull.
You know that if you bring them up fast thier guts and things pop out of their orifices. That could happen in space if the suit does not maintain the correct psi.
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by longjohnbritches
You know that if you bring them up fast thier guts and things pop out of their orifices. That could happen in space if the suit does not maintain the correct psi.
Simply wrong. There is only one atmosphere difference between an astronaut's insides and the vacuum of space. Your blood might boil but you won't 'pop."
Originally posted by dragonridr
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by longjohnbritches
You know that if you bring them up fast thier guts and things pop out of their orifices. That could happen in space if the suit does not maintain the correct psi.
Simply wrong. There is only one atmosphere difference between an astronaut's insides and the vacuum of space. Your blood might boil but you won't 'pop."
Exactly no pop actually every blood vessel in your body would be destroyed all at once as the liquid in your body tried to escape into space. Think more along the lines of freeze drying a human in about 5 seconds.
How long can a human live unprotected in space?
If you don't try to hold your breath, exposure to space for half a minute or so is unlikely to produce permanent injury. Holding your breath is likely to damage your lungs, something scuba divers have to watch out for when ascending, and you'll have eardrum trouble if your Eustachian tubes are badly plugged up, but theory predicts -- and animal experiments confirm -- that otherwise, exposure to vacuum causes no immediate injury. You do not explode. Your blood does not boil. You do not freeze. You do not instantly lose consciousness.
Various minor problems (sunburn, possibly "the bends", certainly some [mild, reversible, painless] swelling of skin and underlying tissue) start after ten seconds or so. At some point you lose consciousness from lack of oxygen. Injuries accumulate. After perhaps one or two minutes, you're dying. The limits are not really known.
You do not explode and your blood does not boil because of the containing effect of your skin and circulatory system. You do not instantly freeze because, although the space environment is typically very cold, heat does not transfer away from a body quickly. Loss of consciousness occurs only after the body has depleted the supply of oxygen in the blood. If your skin is exposed to direct sunlight without any protection from its intense ultraviolet radiation, you can get a very bad sunburn.
At NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now renamed Johnson Space Center) we had a test subject accidentally exposed to a near vacuum (less than 1 psi) in an incident involving a leaking space suit in a vacuum chamber back in '65. He remained conscious for about 14 seconds, which is about the time it takes for O2 deprived blood to go from the lungs to the brain. The suit probably did not reach a hard vacuum, and we began repressurizing the chamber within 15 seconds. The subject regained consciousness at around 15,000 feet equivalent altitude. The subject later reported that he could feel and hear the air leaking out, and his last conscious memory was of the water on his tongue beginning to boil.
Aviation Week and Space Technology (02/13/95) printed a letter by Leonard Gordon which reported another vacuum-packed anecdote:
"The experiment of exposing an unpressurized hand to near vacuum for a significant time while the pilot went about his business occurred in real life on Aug. 16, 1960. Joe Kittinger, during his ascent to 102,800 ft (19.5 miles) in an open gondola, lost pressurization of his right hand. He decided to continue the mission, and the hand became painful and useless as you would expect. However, once back to lower altitudes following his record-breaking parachute jump, the hand returned to normal."