“It’s like seven people in a camper van with a porta-potty for two weeks.”
BuzzFeed Science spoke to five former astronauts about their time in space: Canadian Chris Hadfield, Americans Jerry Linenger, Bob Curbeam, and Scott Parazynski, and Soyeon Yi, the first Korean in space. They gave us the dirt on some of the lesser-known aspects of the space lifestyle.
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Pretty much everyone barfs in space at some point.
Hadfield said that everyone throws up and that it's not a big deal because, well, you get to be in space. He is a big fan of the NASA barf bags, too. "[They] have great big towels integral with the bag, so when you're finished throwing up, you can wipe your whole face off, and get it out of your nose, and then stuff it all inside the bag."
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The space shuttles used to smell pretty rank.
Hadfield said that the space shuttles used to smell pretty bad. "The toilet is right there in the middle of everything. You have up to seven people, and it's a tiny little ship. It's like seven people in a camper van with a porta-potty for two weeks, where you can never get out."
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But the International Space Station smells fine.
"In five months on the space station, I never once smelled any trace of another human being," Hadfield said. He attributes this to the smaller crew size and better ventilation system.
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