KristnSchaalisahorse

Holy shit, I'm impressed. With both of you.

Holy. Fucking. Shit. Buzz Aldrin!

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They have a special, vacuum-powered, collection device. Here's an in-space demonstration.

Humans are a visual people. It's one thing to have a rocket & payload fail to reach orbit and burn up in the atmosphere far away where there is no disturbing footage to pass around.

But to have it fail, fall back to the launchpad and explode is a very dramatic thing to witness and it affects people differently, because they see those images of a giant fireball all over the news. It gets into their head. And bad press can warp the minds of the less-informed.

There's no bathroom. They just have a special collection device. Here's an on-orbit demonstration.