“There's no way you can use water to collect waste in zero gravity. So, basically, our toilet on shuttle operations is a vacuum cleaner. The urinal looks like a Shop-Vac hose. It has different-shaped fronts on it for males and females to use. The urine is sucked down that hose and goes into a tank.” WayLooksDifferentUseWaterFrontsWasteFemaleMalesOperationsShopsZeroGravityToiletsTanksVacuumsCleanersZero Gravity Author:Mike Mullane
“You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you on the wall and when you're done, you put the toilet paper in there and seal that up.” DoneSpaceFrontsWallPaperShipsToiletsVacuumsSealsToilet Paper Author:Mike Mullane
