yego.me
💡 Stop wasting time. Read Youtube instead of watch. Download Chrome Extension

How to Pee in Space | StarTalk


less than 1m read
·Nov 11, 2024

So we have to ask Mike, “Yes, have you ever peed in your pants in space?”

“Yes, we didn't call it the UCD; we called it the MAG.”

“The MAG? The Maximum Absorbency Garment? It was a diaper?”

“Diaper! Yes, we wore a diaper on launch and entry, and while spacewalking. And then when you're inside the spacecraft, you use the toilet.”

“Okay, so where does the pee go if you do it in the spacecraft?”

“In the spacecraft, it's collected and then, as he described, you would want to see that the urine dump was cool 'cause you would dump it and it would crystallize. The sun would shine on it, and it was really fun. It was something!”

“I can't believe I’m having a conversation about a beautiful frozen pee! ‘Hey, everybody, it’s a urine dump!’”

“This is…hey, it’s a urine dump. And you know, before I hit the switch, everyone go to the window and watch!”

“So you're telling me your pee was orbiting the Earth?”

“Apparently, yes. I never thought of it that way, but yes. For a little bit until it crystallizes, you know it kind of disappears.”

“No, then it would reenter the atmosphere?”

“Well, yes. Yes.”

“Okay, yes. You peed on everybody? You peed? You peed on Earth?”

“Oh my gosh! Now, the secrets out! That's it.”

More Articles

View All
This Widow’s Relatives Stole Everything. Now She’s Fighting Back. | National Geographic
For [Music] UGA [Music], for SE t b better story is not unique; it’s what we see every day in Uganda. The cultural tradition around property grabbing is the effect that when a man dies, the clan is automatically entitled to inherit his entire estate, incl…
Howard Marks: 5 Strategies to Outperform the Market in 2021
Or number five, you can try to look for exceptions. What I call special niches, special people, who hopefully can produce a good return with safety in a low return world. But those people are truly exceptional and not easy to find. What inning do you see…
Zeros of polynomials: matching equation to zeros | Polynomial graphs | Algebra 2 | Khan Academy
A polynomial P has zeros when X is equal to negative four, X is equal to three, and X is equal to one-eighth. What could be the equation of P? So pause this video and think about it on your own before we work through it together. All right. So the fact …
The common-ion effect | Equilibrium | AP Chemistry | Khan Academy
The presence of a common ion can affect a solubility equilibrium. For example, let’s say we have a saturated solution of lead(II) chloride. Lead(II) chloride is a white solid. So, here’s the white solid on the bottom of the beaker, and the solid is at equ…
Refraction and frequency | Waves | Middle school physics | Khan Academy
When light is going through a uniform medium like the air, or as we know, light can go through vacuum, so nothing at all, we imagine it going in a straight line. But we see something really interesting happening here when it hits this glass prism. I know …
An Infinite Dilemma of Bliss and Suffering
Imagine a universe filled with an infinite number of immortal people living in Bliss. They love it; it is awesome. But each day, one of them is removed and sent away to a separate Universe of suffering forever. Now, imagine a different Universe filled wi…