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Alupisyesterday at 9:33 PM4 repliesview on HN

Listening to the live stream yesterday evening - they performed a significant amount of troubleshooting for the toilet. This required consulting with a full team of experts, including a "Toilet Lead". It seems it wasn't "flushing" waste into the collection bag or something similar - but they were eventually able to get it working.

I found the language NASA and the astronauts used to communicate absolutely hilarious - "Yes, we're excited and eager to begin immediate fluid disposal!"

Glad they got it working - best of luck to Atemis II mission!


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NooneAtAll3today at 4:10 AM

> "Yes, we're excited and eager to begin immediate fluid disposal!"

corporate talk on a public science mission :/

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sillysaurusxyesterday at 11:25 PM

Apparently the way they got it working was to power cycle the toilet.

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etskinnertoday at 8:03 AM

I especially liked the part where mission control referred to using the toilet as "donation"

whackernewsyesterday at 11:19 PM

I love this. No matter what we do and how far we push the limits of humanity, we still have to shit.

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