{"id":23351,"date":"2020-06-26T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-looks-to-crowdsourcing-for-a-genius-next-gen-moon-toilet\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:01:23","slug":"nasa-looks-to-crowdsourcing-for-a-genius-next-gen-moon-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-looks-to-crowdsourcing-for-a-genius-next-gen-moon-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA looks to crowdsourcing for a genius next-gen moon toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Artemis Program moon toilet challenge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"2539\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/06\/25\/nasa-looks-to-crowdsourcing-for-a-genius-next-gen-moon-toilet\/nasa-moon-toilet-crowdsourcing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2229,1114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"nasa-moon-toilet-crowdsourcing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of its Artemis Program to go back to the moon by 2024, NASA is working out lots of details to make the mission possible. One of those is something that might sound a bit funny at first but is a very important part of space travel\u2026 toilets.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-2538\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA certainly has lots of experience with figuring out how to allow astronauts to do their bathroom business. But to come up with some fresh ideas and open up to solutions it might not think of, NASA has launched an engineering contest that is looking for the best moon toilet ideas (via <em>The Verge<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubbed the \u201cLunar Loo Challenge,\u201d NASA has partnered with HeroX to put on the contest to crowdsource a brilliant idea for a toilet that will go in the human moon lander that will be used for the Artemis Program. One of the interesting challenges here is that the toilet will need to operate while in orbit in zero-gravity conditions as well as on the moon\u2019s surface that has 1\/6th the gravity of earth. NASA is offering prizes worth up to $35,000 ($20,000 for first-place).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to see what\u2019s out there \u2014 what the unknown unknowns are and put the power of the crowd to find those citizen scientists who\u2019ve got different perspectives,\u201d Mike Interbartolo, project manager for the Lunar Loo Challenge who is working on the Human Lunar Lander System at NASA, tells&nbsp;<em>The Verge<\/em>. NASA plans to award up to $35,000 in prizes, and some form of the winning space throne may be included on the lander.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlighted by <em>The Verge<\/em>, whatever the winning solution ends up being, it should be a big improvement over what was used for the Apollo mission.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-2538',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Apollo spacecraft that took humans to the Moon didn\u2019t have any toilets at all. To urinate, they had to pee into a rubber tube (which basically worked like a condom) that transferred the liquid either outside the spacecraft or into a storage container. Pooping was even worse. The crew had to use plastic bags with sticky rings around the rim, which attached to their behinds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, with the Artemis Project sending the first woman to the moon along with returning a man, the new toilet will need to work for both sexes. NASA and HeroX have all the details here for what the toilet performance and design specs should be. And in a neat touch, there\u2019s also a Junior Lunar Loo Challenge with three age-groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re curious about existing space toilets, here\u2019s a tour of the International Space Station accommodations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-65mBQ7s_Q?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Artemis Program to go back to the moon by 2024, NASA is working out lots of details to make the mission possible. One of those is something that might sound a bit funny at first but is a very important part of space travel\u2026 toilets. 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