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Old September 2nd 10, 10:46 PM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
William Mook[_2_]
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Default Goddard's 1930 Manned Moonship

The Mercury and Gemini astronauts used diapers to go to the bathroom
derived from systems developed for long-duration bomber flights.
Apollo astronauts had bags to collect feces and urine and dumped it
over-board daily. Shuttle and ISS has a proper bathroom for zero gee
and sponge baths. On Star Trek they go where no one has gone before.

I have given some thought about a modified mechanical counter-pressure
suit that has a MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) based jumpsuit
- that cleans, hydrates, oils and otherwise takes care of all bodily
functions - including sweat and hair growth.

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...NWG-0KM0zoqaNQ

These suits would be built for extremely long duration - perhaps
several years - minimizing the mass of transporting astronauts between
worlds.