Timothy Street My grandfather (like hundreds of thousands of Americans) was a contractor for NASA in the Sixties and whenever I asked him how astronauts went to the bathroom he'd say "They don't". I thought this was just his little joke but after talking to other people, I found that almost everybody in a position to know made that joke. There was obviously some specific protocol in NASA about avoiding discussion of rubber bags of any sort.
HALO Effect Originally shared by Noah Friedman This is how automation is probably going to kill us all: tell a computer to optimize for something and it will. (This observation is just a variation on the nanotech grey goo problem.)
The Service Economy I've also been there, done that, only with much less fear for my life. via Meep https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c0ea571e4b06484c9fd4c21?ec_carp
You forgot WD40. Heh heh
ReplyDeleteA rubber pouch, or bag, might be required in an emergency
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ReplyDeleteWhat? Could have been "Cummerbund."
ReplyDeleteTimothy Street My grandfather (like hundreds of thousands of Americans) was a contractor for NASA in the Sixties and whenever I asked him how astronauts went to the bathroom he'd say "They don't". I thought this was just his little joke but after talking to other people, I found that almost everybody in a position to know made that joke. There was obviously some specific protocol in NASA about avoiding discussion of rubber bags of any sort.
ReplyDeleteZip-locked lips, I suppose, Tim O'Brien : )
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