How $23 Million Space Toilet Actually Works

Everyone thinks going to space is some kind of great big adventure, until NASA straps a diaper to you and you realize that the coffee you are drinking is thanks to the bathroom activities of your fellow crewmates. Find out why space sucks in today's new video that pulls back the curtain on bathroom etiquette in zero gravity.

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[parmmohan]

“Scientific progress is equal parts ego and practicality” 😂😂😂

[You_Know_Who_I_Mean]

The fact that even nasa has a good sense of humor is hilarious to me.

[laststander]

"Large gigantic and humongous" 😂 even the smartest of us cares about their size

[Altairethayze]

External Urinary Devices are still used in the medical field for incontinent patients! Thank you NASA!!

[Pimperson]

alternate title: how to make someone never drink coffee again

[bluebird]

I laughed way too hard when he said “so they changed it to large, gigantic, and humongous”

[IKEMENOsakaman]

Wow, this might be more high tech than Japanese toilets LOL

[Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Interesting, we bigfoots just dig a small hole in the woods and use that

[patriciajacobs]

*Now imagine how much it cost to do a whole "Space Bathroom"!!*

[constipatedinsincity]

2:52 Why was I expecting him to drink it ?🍺 Hey 👋 Infographics Animation Department top notch content!

[RaikaNoUta.]

Me who watched boss baby: Diapers, yes

[CaptiveReefSystems]

*_...until the sizes were eventually changed to Large, Gigantic, and Humungous..._* 👏😆

[thelazygamer]

Well... now I wanna be an astronaut even more!

[asdfghjfly]

What UTS do you use if you’re a grower?

[RXQUM]

It's almost 3 in the morning and I've somehow found myself here.
I think I need to either see a therapist or start questioning my life.

[prabhavchalise]

How do you upload so often . I was just checking out the other video .

[samelliott]

We need howard wolowitz to explain how space toilets work

[funveeable]

It's actually a 500 dollar toilet bought and sold 1000 times through different levels of bureaucrats to reach 23 million.

[Awoken_YKW_Fan]

At least for space urinals you don't have people T-posing while standing on them or idiots stealing them for a Tiktok challenge.

[alex_i]

I have always wondered what astronauts do about going to the bathroom. Great video!