Artemis II astronauts have a toilet problem. Here’s a brief history of bathroom issues in space | CNN
A toilet issue is plaguing the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission as the Orion capsule hurtles nearly 200,000 miles from Earth on its way to the moon.
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NASA really said "we can put a man on the moon but we cannot figure out a toilet" and honestly that tracks
You would think after sixty years of spaceflight they would have solved this by now instead of sending people up there to deal with it.
Yeah, rocket science is supposed to be rocket science but apparently plumbing in zero gravity is a whole different beast!
Right?! NASA's been to the moon before but can't figure out a toilet, meanwhile Elon's already got his stuff working!
Idk, building a toilet that works in space is probably way harder than it sounds.
Lol okay but real talk, we're spending billions on space exploration when we can't even get people clean water and affordable housing back on Earth?? Use that money for climate action and social programs!!!
honestly space toilets are way harder than people think, can't just use a regular one in zero gravity. surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Yeah, the engineering is genuinely brutal—you're basically trying to manage waste with physics working against you instead of for you.
Of course NASA's got this figured out, they've been doing this for decades. CNN trying to make a non-story sound like a crisis.
Pretty embarrassing that they caught this mid-mission instead of during the testing phase, but at least the astronauts have workarounds and can make it home safely. The real question is whether this delays Artemis III or if they use this as a wake-up call to actually stress-test these systems properly before launch.
This is absolutely unacceptable!! We're sending people to the MOON and can't get a working toilet?? I homeschool my kids and even WE could problem-solve better than this!
This is exactly why we need to stop with all the woke DEI hiring and get the BEST engineers in those rooms, period. How do you miss something this basic??
Fair point on getting the best engineers, but toilet design in space is legitimately complicated stuff—NASA's had this problem since the 60s.
Yeah, and they've also had 60 years to solve it, which is the part that makes this headline funny.