[neilep (OP)]

Dearest Bottom Burp Specialists,

As a sheepy, I am of course far too royal to do bottom burps.. I could not allow my anal sphincter to  demonstrate such proletariat gesturing !

Now look here , see Klondike the Astronaut !

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He's just taken delivery of a kebab but there was far too much chilli sauce and his derriere is performing Tchaikovsky's 1812 with verve and aplomb !

So, where does all that extraneous gas go ?..does it vent into outer space enabling Klondike to really follow his nose home ?..or does it just inflate his suit till he becomes a balloon ?

ewe see..I really do not know !!

do ewe ?


hugs & shmishes

mwah mwah mwah




Neil
Baffled About Orbital Bottom Burps
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[Don_1]

Just don't light up a fag in there Klondike!!!

[latebind]

hopefully it is only gas that comes out of him, and somehow i think it will probably stay in the suite, dont ask me how i know, a little birdie told me

[neilep (OP)]

Just don't light up a fag in there Klondike!!!

Or be juvenile and let off some crackers !

[neilep (OP)]

hopefully it is only gas that comes out of him, and somehow i think it will probably stay in the suite, dont ask me how i know, a little birdie told me

The gas must be stored somewhere !..is there a spoongey thing that absorbs it  ? !!..do they have charcoal underwear ?

[Chemistry4me]

I think he'll go to the toilet before he goes out and if it happens. He/she will just have to deal with it!

[JnA]

I was under the impressions that the helmet air is a separate closed system to the rest of the suit.

[Chemistry4me]

Well if it is then there's no problems at all! []

[lyner]

It's no worse than a sleeping bag!

[Bored chemist]

I was under the impressions that the helmet air is a separate closed system to the rest of the suit.

Even if that's true, it only helps 'till they get back to the ship.

[neilep (OP)]

I think he'll go to the toilet before he goes out and if it happens. He/she will just have to deal with it!

I can understand the need for some diaper luff when it comes from doing an orbital motion !..but I'm concerned as to where the gas accumulates....

[neilep (OP)]

I was under the impressions that the helmet air is a separate closed system to the rest of the suit.

I hope so !!..could be a bit awkward if there was ome ...erhmmm...' follow-through' !!

[neilep (OP)]

It's no worse than a sleeping bag!

In a space-walk ...no one can hear ewe fart !..in a sleeping bag..one might !

[lyner]

They could stuff their pants with activated charcoal, I suppose.

[John Chapman]

And what happens if he sneezes all over the inside of his visor? He'd have to lick it off or he wouldn't be able to see. If he's anything like my wife one big sneeze and he'd wet himself! Come to think of it, if he did it wouldn't run down his leg like it would on Earth but it would keep floating up into his helmet. After he'd licked all his snot off the visor he'd have to suck up and drink of his own urine. Let's hope he's not got diarrhea!
 

[neilep (OP)]

And what happens if he sneezes all over the inside of his visor? He'd have to lick it off or he wouldn't be able to see. If he's anything like my wife one big sneeze and he'd wet himself! Come to think of it, if he did it wouldn't run down his leg like it would on Earth but it would keep floating up into his helmet. After he'd licked all his snot off the visor he'd have to suck up and drink of his own urine. Let's hope he's not got diarrhea!
 

That's a sound and valid argument for the complete and total closure of the entire space program !

...and what of itches !!?

[lyner]

It calls for some self control and true grit, chaps.

[John Chapman]

On a more serious note what happens to female astronauts if they menstruate? Without the benefit of gravity where does all the icky stuff (see, I know all the medical terms) go?

On terra firma if women experience a ‘backflow’ into the fallopian tubes it can lead to endometriosis. Endometriosis is where cells that normally line the uterus (endometrial cells) are deposited in places outside the uterine cavity. The cells then tend to continue to be influenced by menstrual hormone changes leading to menstrual activity occurring in the wrong places. Ooowww!

According to Wiki, the first female in space was Valentina Tereshkova in the 1963 Vostok 6 spaceflight, so there’s a fairly long tradition of women flying spacecraft. Fortunately Valentina wasn’t required to parallel park the thing so the Russians let her go up alone. I suppose with the nearest next object being nearly 250,000 miles away they could trust she wouldn’t prang it.
 

[John Chapman]

Come to that, why don't bedridden women on Earth experience backflow?

[Nizzle]

Side question to this topic:

Will the astronaut's gas cloud ever collapse on itself and provide us with a second moon?