00:00The Artemis II mission to the moon this week has been a pretty big story around here,
00:03and we've paid special attention to that high-tech toilet in the Orion capsule.
00:08Well, just hours after the rocket lifted off, the crew of three men and one woman reported that the
00:13latrine wasn't latrining. Specifically, the fan in the toilet jammed. NASA officials explained
00:19the issue and confirmed that solid waste wasn't a problem. The toilet could, by the grace of God,
00:24still handle that. It was liquid waste that was the issue. I know, it's gross. We can literally
00:29send a man to the moon, but the porcelain throne is befuddling to even the smartest of minds out
00:34there. The ground crew scrambled to find a way to unjam the fan. I'm picturing scenes from Apollo 13
00:39here, and several hours later, it was reportedly fixed. In the meantime, the astronauts were forced
00:44to employ a contingency plan for, quote, waste management capabilities. Very glad someone had
00:50a plan for that. TMI fun fact, solid waste is collected and actually brought back here to Earth,
00:55while urine is just ejected out into space. Now, the deets of those contingency plans were
01:00mercifully not shared because haven't we been through enough with this story? I will let your
01:05imagination take over for whatever those contingent P's might be. If you are listening to this Friday
01:11morning, the astronauts are probably asleep right now. They ended their systems testing Thursday night
01:16and left Earth's orbit, beginning the trek to the moon. They should get there and fly by the lunar
01:21service on Monday before being slingshot back home.
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