NASA Doesn't Know What to Do With Poop in Spacesuits

NASA has just launched a competition to get some help figuring out what to do if astronauts have to poop in their spacesuits.

On the ISS, which is the furthest vessel from Earth that houses humans, astronauts have access to a 'toilet' that uses a vacuum to suck up and store any feces. If anything goes wrong with the spacecraft, though, such as loss of vehicle pressure, astronauts would have to stay in their spacesuits, and poop inside them.

This isn't a huge concern on the ISS as it's possible for astronauts to get back to Earth in a few hours, but with NASA planning to send humans to Mars in around 15 years, astronauts could be stranded in their suits for several days.

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