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 carrying out controls in 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 is now home to astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, France's Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and Akihiko Hoshide of the 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 !!