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Old 3rd April 2026 | 19:47
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Bfah
 
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Toilet malfunction:
Apparently now fixed.

""..Not long ⁠after the successful launch, astronaut Christina Koch alerted mission control in Houston to a red blinking light signaling a problem with Orion’s toilet, housed in a small compartment within the crew cabin, itself only slightly larger than a minivan’s interior..."

A fan was stuck.
Ground control told them how to fix it.

Only $24 Million...!
"...On the ISS and Orion, astronauts use a $24 million Universal Waste Management ​System...",

What happens to the waste?
Bags of Poo floating around in space and bags of Poo lying on the surface of the moon. Imaging an alien walking along and going, wonder what this bag has inside it...'???

"....recycles urine into water and seals solid waste in bags.... that are eventually jettisoned..."

".... Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s used rudimentary bags attached to their bodies, storing them in onboard compartments or leaving them on the ⁠moon....".
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