Comments on: How To: Be An Astronaut

By: Ryan Hayes

Ryan Hayes — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:21:33 +0000

the bodily fluids recycling unit is supposedly quite good at filtering the fluid back to good drinking water. It’s not a chore unless you psych yourself out to thinking about what it used to be, but he if you drink tap water, there are lots of things that get filtered out and perhaps lots of things that don’t. I imagine the recycling unit on the space station does a far better job than city water filtration systems.

By: Amber Jonson

Amber Jonson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:26:17 +0000

WOW! Apart for being really fun, that was actually an interesting post! I really had no idea about half of these facts about being an astronaut. Drinking sweat? Hmm not sure about that!

By: ali

ali — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:42:22 +0000

I want to be an astronaut because I love space and science, so can I be an astronaut?I am 10. please.

By: RAWR

RAWR — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:13:33 +0000

http://www.thisisnotmyspace.com has a funny video of astroanuts drinking and going at it…

By: JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:08:48 +0000

ANOTHER FORGOTTEN SUBJECT ABOUT SEX IN SPACE…ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE JAMES BONDISH HIDDEN CAMERAS THAT THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU ABOUT AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE BEFORE AN ANGRY “FIRED” NASA EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO CREATE ONE OF THE OBVIOUSLY MOST WATCHED VIRAL VIDEOS ON THE NET? OH YEA, SOMETHING TELLS ME WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS TO FIND OUT!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:46:49 +0000

Hi Maggie! I actually cut debate evidence once that described why we could never survive (well, procreate) in space… much detail about problems with “docking” and “rendezvous.” Eeesh.

I still want to be an astro-nut.

I am printing this out and posting it above my desk. Good times!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:26:28 +0000

That book was called “A Gift from Earth”

My favorite dialogue from the book:

“We could get killed.”
“If we get killed, I’ll apologize.”
“No! You apologize now.”
“Okay, I’m sorry for getting us killed.”
“Thanks. Let’s go.”

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:05:43 +0000

Even more! It might take me days if not weeks to find the exact story and author in my library but there was/is a story by a SiFi writer a couple decades ago of an earth colony on a planet in a galaxy far, far, away where convicted criminals in the subclass were “taken apart” to satisfy the transplant needs of the ruling class. Much abused indeed, if a member of the ruling class needed an new something or the other a subclass might be taken apart. Then NEWS FROM EARTH, a way to grow body parts and pieces. Stem cells?

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:39:50 +0000

I am betting that a few things in addition to sweat are recycled for drinking water, things you just do not want to think about and NASA does not talk about. Waste not, want not? Would it not be grand to have a transmutation system, break down ANYTHING and turn it into something else? Convert yesterdsy’s Big Mac into a T-bone steak and baked potato?
Salad on the side? A totally new meaning to,”Eat s***”. All you would really need to take on a five year flight into deep space would be hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and a few trace elements? Mnimal loss from space traveler’s bodies absorbing elements, might even go so far as to convert one element into another by adding or removing subatomic particles.
Today’s science fiction is next Monday’s real life?