Comments on: What a Relief! New Space Toilet Being Designed

By: Chuck Lam

Chuck Lam — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:11:40 +0000

Hey! Everyone stop and think about all the challenging minutia we are reading about in connection with space flight. Design, time and money appear to be out of control. Does anyone genuinely belive we have the intellectual capacity to put together a system that will safely sustain life in space or on the surface of another celestial body for an extended period. If we ever find the talent and money to get man to Mars, it will probably be well into the next century.

By: KevinM

KevinM — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:24:06 +0000

I don't want to pooh-pooh anyone's good ideas, but this sounds like a disaster in the making. Such a small unit cannot do all it needs to do without great discomfort. Is there a catheter and a tube up their rectum? Sounds real comfy. And the "washing machine" feature will surely never malfunction? Now I"m laughing, too, imagining the inevitable. At best, the ISS will end up smelling like a nursing home (if it doesn't already). Just improve the common-use units already in place. It won't make it out of testing. Another "improvement" that is simply not needed.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:36:21 +0000

Hey, laugh all you want, but this is a very serious to someone who has to spend nine hours in a spacesuit or more. Or a six month to a year in zero gee!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:18:29 +0000

This one should have run on April Fools Day.

A wearable toilet … lmao.

By: DancesWithWords

DancesWithWords — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:33:47 +0000

Really, someone thinks this is a suitable alternative?

By: Chuck Lam

Chuck Lam — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:32:35 +0000

Wow! Only five years to get this new toilet into service. What's the rush?

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:02:38 +0000

hahahahah.Very good!Whats next?baby powder?

By: RetardedFishFrog

RetardedFishFrog — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:24:06 +0000

Astronauts could make better use of the sucking feature by wearing it backwards.

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:50:53 +0000

Wearing the thing all the time would definitely cause chafing and bed dores that could become deeply infected. Not good. Whoever wrote this up originally is a genius . . . comedian.

By: voipman

voipman — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:38:58 +0000

What is wrong with the Japanese? Who would even conceive of wearing a toilet all the time whether in space or otherwise. Even in a hospital setting, I don't even want to think of the bed soars this would create. Without a way to easily take this thing off and on its doomed for failure.

By: TrueBrit

TrueBrit — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:45:51 +0000

Does my bum look big in this?

By: maudyfish

maudyfish — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:25:21 +0000

talk about chafing!!!

By: Zzott

Zzott — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:10:18 +0000

No shit!

By: Big Ian

Big Ian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:30:20 +0000

This may be fine for the lady astronauts but for the men I can see issues unless they are planning on putting bromide in the drinking water

By: NoAstronomer

NoAstronomer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:33:48 +0000

This brings to mind a scene from the movie 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'.

By: Tomster

Tomster — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:28:37 +0000

Pink Tentacle? Just a wild guess but I'm thinking this is a hoax. :v)

By: David R.

David R. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:50:01 +0000

This is one time when giving a crap is really important.

By: harrybody

harrybody — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:28:18 +0000

What an instrument, and what a way to solve a natural behavior to a very unnatural way off being, and outfit.

There can be said one positive thing about it. By this they have solve to problems in one stroke.

1) Shitting in zero gravity
2) Sex in space.

By: Mike lynch

Mike lynch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:14:11 +0000

http://images.wallaceandgromit.com/films/wrongtrousers/gallery/2.jpg

By: drbubo

drbubo — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:10:53 +0000

It just shows how hard to get out to the outer space.
Are we tied to the Earth?

By: Mike lynch

Mike lynch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:00:45 +0000

In case I can display images:

By: Mike lynch

Mike lynch — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:49:57 +0000

Another idea stolen from "Wallace & Gromit" !!!

"The Wrong Trousers" for a "Grand Day Out"!!!

And if you have been living in on another planet, see:
http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/wrongtrousers/
and
http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/granddayout/

By: what the balls

what the balls — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:24:43 +0000

This would be alright if you only put it on when you're using it. Wearing it all the time would be retarded.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:27:05 +0000

I can't stop laughing at the "imagined difficulties" you could get into and the performance anxiety of the "beta tester " of this.

By: Rohith

Rohith — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:01:48 +0000

Thanks for making me realize the greatness of Gravity