A damage in the capsule toilet Dragon of Elon Musk forces his astronauts to work with diapers!
According to a Twitter post by Steve Stich, the four astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule will have to work using diapers, as a damage to the onboard toilet does not allow them to use it.
SpaceX discovered the problem last month while testing another Dragon capsule. He found that a tube used to channel urine into a storage tank could peel off, causing urine to leak to the floor of the capsule. In fact, this is a problem that has affected all three spacecraft operated by the company.
The capsule now houses NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, France's Thomas Pesquet of Europeanof the Space Agency and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan. It's unknown how long they'll be required to wear diapers, or if you'll want special underwear, as they call it at SpaceX. Equally curious is that the capsule carries diapers with it, like plan-B !!
