
Where Does Astronaut Poop End Up?
The next time you see the shooting star, you know only: it can be an astronaut It is protruding.
The body of the astronaut Scott Kelly went through some strange changes when he spent a year on the International Space Station with Russian astronaut Mikhail Corino. The task is designed to study the effects of space light in the long term and continue to twice the flight ISS. There was a wonderful dimension of the experiment: Scott Kelly would be a Guinea pig in space, while his identical twin brother, his fellow astronaut Mark Kelly, will stay on Earth and serve as control.
When the results of the “twin study” came, Nassa I did not disappoint. Scott Kelly I got the telometers longer In space, but shortened when he returned to Earth, a possible sign of tension and aging. He lost 7 percent of his body mass. Body fluid equal A bottle of soda 2 liters He set out from the bottom of his body to his head and chest. Microbial diversity for him It is protruding He decreased.
During the 2015-2016 mission, NASA also shared several numbers that are definitely interested Toilet lovers Between us. Kelly drank about 730 liters of recycled water and sweat, and produced approximately 180 lubricants of the stool. The astronaut can not be wiped down the bottom of the drainage, of course, because it is space He does not have sewage pipes. Instead, it is extracted from the station with other trash. It will be burned at the end by the intense heat to re -enter the atmosphere, somewhat Like a meteor.
Like a meteorite, the hot ball of garbage will light through the sky like the fire star. But with NASA’s warning, “You will not shoot at the stars.” Kill our dreams, NASA!
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A copy of this story was published in 2019; Updated for 2025.
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