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Topic: Privacy during Soyuz transit to space station
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Playalinda
Member Posts: 152
From: Peoria, AZ, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 04-03-2010 03:35 AM
  
How do three people in Soyuz, this tiny Russian capsule get privacy for...? You know what I mean. Do they keep the space suits on until they arrive at ISS? Imagine the tiny Gemini capsule from the sixties. The two astronauts Borman and Lovell for nearly two weeks in orbit and no powder room. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 04-03-2010 09:11 AM
I imagine that whomever has to "do their business" is able to do so in the privacy of the Orbital Module, while the other crewmembers remain in the Re-entry Module. Especially in the case when there's a female crewmember. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-03-2010 11:22 PM
I suspect the answer lies in the early days of spaceflight. The transit time from launch to ISS is about 48 hours. With this in mind, the need for solid waste management can be eliminated by placing the crew on a low residue diet before launch. Liquid waste can be managed, as it was, by plumbing males into the system. Women have a rougher time and, like Tereshkova, would be required to wear a nappy. |
issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-07-2010 12:41 PM
I couldn't help but notice NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson was reticent (or dare I say shy) during the informalities of talking with her family after boarding the ISS.Perhaps the privacy of Soyuz is a welcome luxury? |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-07-2010 02:10 PM
Interesting to see the picture of Gagarin on the bulkhead over their heads in the ISS. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 04-08-2010 02:21 AM
Once in space, the cosmonauts undo their Sokol spacsuits. The orbital module becomes their home for 48 hours and they sleep in a hammock. And yes, there are windows and a toilet in the orbital module. 
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moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-08-2010 03:43 AM
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Originally posted by Philip:
And yes, there are windows and a toilet in the orbital module.
All the manned spacecraft have had 'toilet facilities'. However, there was a huge difference between those of Mercury and those of the Shuttle. |
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