Jeff Findley wrote:
http://wallacewong.com/wp-content/up...ace-toilet.jpg
It also shows that Taikonauts have completly flat buttocks and either very
loose stools or ones that emerge like rabbit droppings as they appear to
have to go down a tube that a marble would have a hard time fitting
through.


I'm not going to touch this one. :-P


I actually got out the calipers to check on it; assuming the drawing is
to scale in the relation of the diameter of the feces collector (10cm)
to the suction tube, then the suction tube is under 2cm in diameter.
But Shenzhou 7 has a "luxury toilet":
http://www.cctv.com/english/20080926/100006.shtml
That is because the two previous missions had no toilet at all.
....but with "vinegar-loving Jing" aboard, a toilet was a obvious
necessity. :-)

Pat

Pat