Hello, I watched some of the “spacewalk” this morning of the Polaris Dawn mission. Out of curiosity, I researched images and videos of the capsule, schematics of the capsule’s design, etc. I also learned the mission lasts 5 days. But looking at the capsule, it looks to be like a cockpit only. What gets me is the fact that the astronauts are in that capsule for 5 days! It makes me wonder, where/how do they sleep, move about, eat, stretch, use the bathroom? They are squished in there as it is…could someone please explain to me how it works like I’m 5? Much appreciated!
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The smells aren’t great either. I believe on the Gemini missions, they used permanent diapers or something instead of a toilet. When they returned after a week or so in orbit, the capsule smelled like an unflushed toilet
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