“After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine freezes into a glitter of ice crystals shimmering in the sun.” BeautifulSpaceWatchesSunCoupleIceCrystalsFreezeGlitterDumped Author:Mike Mullane
“The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be honest with you, you don't know where your asshole is pointing within a small circumference.” KnowsSpaceHonestWasteAimSizeCriticalOpeningShipsBeing HonestBowlsPointingToiletsSolid Waste 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
“In the space shuttle program, where we had males and females, I can tell you that nobody was doing that [sex] because there's absolutely no privacy. The only privacy would have been in the air lock, but everybody would know what you were doing. You're not out there doing a spacewalk. There's no reason to be in there.” KnowsHas BeensI CanReasonSexSpaceAirFemaleProgramMalesPrivacyNo ReasonLocksDoing YouSpace ShuttleShuttle Program Author:Mike Mullane