Oddly enough, that and waste water recyclng aboard the ISS were the subsequent topic of conversation. The idea of astronauts having to defecate in plastic bags or diapers bothered him not at all, whereas the notion that one might find it necessary to drink (suitably treated) recycled urine was WRONG and YUCKY and would make you SICK.
If nothing else, this demonstrates that toddlers have very different take on the treatment of human waste, presumably because they don't have to deal with it themselves.
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Date: 2010-04-24 10:06 am (UTC)If nothing else, this demonstrates that toddlers have very different take on the treatment of human waste, presumably because they don't have to deal with it themselves.