I have been hearing this question forever:

How do astronauts go to the bathroom?

On earth they follow the same procedure everyone else does, drink a cup of coffee, strip down naked, take care of business, then take a shower. But in space they have to take some special measure; including restraints and vacuum hoses — like when old people have sex.

I don’t know if I can explain the above toilet better than this guy:

One thing he neglects to mention is what they do with liquid waste. On the MIR they distill it into water. of course the astronauts are squeamish about drinking recycled urine so they put it in a machine called an Electron. And guess what the Electron does… it separates the hydrogen and oxygen in the recycled urine, then it vents the hydrogen into space and joins the oxygen with the ship supply. So, because they complained about drinking the stuff, they have to breathe recycled pee.

Think about that for a moment. Which seems worse to you? Drinking your recycled waste, or breathing it? Personally I don’t want to know where my sustenance comes from, but , theoretically, every breathe you take used to be part of someone else. Have a nice weekend.

Editors Note: Astronauts sometimes wear diapers.

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