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Where Does Astronaut Poop End Up? (mentalfloss.com)
2 points by speckx 3 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


The question I never thought to ask but an answer that didn't suprise me.


"it’s cast off from the station along with other ISS trash. It will eventually be incinerated by the extreme heat of atmospheric re-entry, sort of like a meteor. "

I'm actually kind of surprised, but not really surprised, that they just eject it from the station. I figured they would do something more scientific (amusing) like compress it into dry poop cubes and pack it back out and sell it as souvenirs.




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