They put on their space suits one leg at a time, they have to eat, sleep, and just like

他們穿上太空服，一條腿一條腿地走，他們要吃飯，要睡覺，就像...

us, poop. The only difference is if their toilet doesn't work, they can't pop into

我們，大便。唯一的區別是，如果他們的廁所不工作， 他們不能彈入。

the local coffee shop to relieve themselves. Oh, and their poop will float around their

當地的咖啡店，以緩解自己。哦，他們的大便會漂浮在他們的周圍

heads in an extremely confined environment. All this means it's crucial that the toilets

頭在一個極其狹窄的環境中。這一切都意味著，廁所的關鍵在於

we send beyond the surly bonds of Earth's gravity have the right stuff, and that's

我們送出地球引力的束縛之外的東西都是正確的，那就是... ...

why NASA is about to test out a new toilet that cost $23 million.

為什麼美國宇航局要測試出一個花費2300萬美元的新馬桶。

$23 million sounds like a lot for a toilet unless you are of course an insane billionaire

2300萬美元聽起來像一個很大的廁所 除非你是一個瘋狂的億萬富翁。

who wipes with priceless renaissance paintings. It's certainly a lot more than we spent

誰用無價的文藝復興畫作擦拭。這肯定比我們花的錢多得多。

on waste management in the early days of space flight. Apollo astronauts didn't have the luxury

在太空飛行的早期，廢物管理的問題。阿波羅的太空人們並不富裕

of anything so fancy. They just had to go into bags they taped to their all-American derrieres.

的東西如此花哨。他們只是不得不去袋 他們粘貼到他們的全美德里爾。

It wasn't until 1973 with the launch of

直到1973年推出的

Skylab that a NASA spacecraft had a proper toilet. Actually “toilet” might be a bit

天空實驗室，美國宇航局的飛船有一個合適的廁所。其實 "廁所 "可能有點

strong of a word. Really, it was a hole in the wall with some suction, and on the other

強的一個詞。真的，這是在牆上的一個洞，有一些吸力，而在另一

side of the hole? More bags to collect samples for analysis.

洞的一側?多用袋子收集樣品進行分析。

So you see it's pretty small, so you have to have pretty good aim.

所以你看它很小，所以你要有很好的目標。

The toilets installed in the ISS today are

今天在國際空間站安裝的廁所是

more like regular toilets here on Earth, with the addition of a funnel to suck up any liquid

就像地球上的普通廁所一樣 加了一個漏斗，可以吸走所有的液體

waste. Solid waste is still deposited in plastic bags that are bundled up with other trash

廢物。固體廢物仍被放置在塑膠袋中，與其他垃圾捆綁在一起。

and shot back toward Earth to burn up in our atmosphere. But if the bags are filling up

並射回地球，在我們的大氣層中燃燒起來。但如果袋子裡裝滿了

before trash day, astronauts have to put on a rubber glove and pack it down themselves.

在垃圾日之前，太空人們要戴上橡膠手套，自己把垃圾打包下來。

Moving on before I can think about that too much, the goal of this pricey privvy is actually

在我還沒有想太多之前，繼續說下去，這個昂貴的私房錢的目標其實是......。

to save money. See, right now space toilets are custom made for each mission, but NASA's

以節省資金。你看，現在太空廁所是為每個任務定製的，但美國宇航局的...

goal with this new toilet is to make a universal waste management system; one that could be

這種新型廁所的目標是建立一個通用的廢物管理系統；它可以是

installed in a variety of spacecraft. These future crewed exploration vehicles will have

安裝在各種航天器上。這些未來的載人探索飛行器將具有

much less space inside than the ISS, so a more compact design was needed. It was also

內部空間比國際空間站小得多，是以需要更緊湊的設計。它也是

important to make something self-contained and easy to maintain, unlike the current ISS

與目前的國際空間站不同，製作一些自給自足和易於維護的東西很重要。

toilets which are hard to access because they're behind a bulkhead.

廁所，因為它們在隔板後面，所以很難進入；

The new toilet also helps preserve one of the most precious resources in space: water.

新馬桶還有助於保護空間中最珍貴的資源之一：水。

The fancy new space toilet has a urine pretreatment dose pump and pretreatment quality indicator

花式新太空馬桶有尿液預處理劑量泵和預處理質量指標

which allow for water to be recovered from urine. Yes, astronauts drink recycled urine.

允許從尿液中回收水分。是的，太空人喝的是回收的尿液。

Still think you have what it takes? Along with the practical considerations, NASA

還覺得自己有本事嗎？除了實際的考慮，NASA

also made some quality of life improvements, particularly for female astronauts. The seat

也做了一些生活品質的改善，特別是對女航天員。座位

and urine funnel have been redesigned with them in mind. Still some things never change:

和尿液漏斗已經重新設計，考慮到他們。不過，有些東西永遠不會改變。

there's no special trick to vaporize poop into rocket fuel or anything like that just

沒有特別的技巧來蒸發大便到火箭燃料或類似的東西只是

yet. No, the solution for that is once again good old plastic bags, which will be sealed

然而。不，解決這個問題的辦法又是老式的塑膠袋，它將密封

up, stored in an airtight container, and you guessed it, sent back to someone on Earth.

儲存在一個密閉的容器裡，你猜對了，送回給地球上的人。

So, you may be wondering where exactly $23 million went, and frankly I'm not totally

所以，你可能想知道2300萬到底去哪了，說實話，我也不是很清楚。

sure myself. But apparently it's par for the course. In 1993 the Space Shuttle's

確定自己。但顯然這是順理成章的事。1993年，航天飛機的

new toilet cost an estimated $30 million dollars. So this new head is coming out ahead.

新馬桶的成本估計為3000萬美元。所以，這個新頭是走在前面的。

The first universal waste management system will be shipped to the ISS in September of

第一套通用廢物管理系統將於今年9月運往國際空間站。

2020. Once installed, it will serve the dual purposes of increasing the size of the crew

2020.安裝後，它將起到雙重作用，即增加機組人員的規模。

the ISS can accommodate and testing the new toilet tech, presumably when the ISS has enchilada

國際空間站可以容納和測試新的廁所技術，大概是在國際空間站有辣醬的時候

night. After 3 years of collecting data and evaluating

夜。經過3年的數據收集和評估

feedback, the second new space loo will be installed on the Orion spacecraft, the craft

反饋，第二個新的太空廁所將安裝在獵戶座飛船上，該飛船。

that will take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars. When that day comes, astronauts

將把人類帶回月球，並最終到達火星。當那一天到來時，太空人們

will boldly go where no human has gone before and go where no human has gone before.

會大膽地去人類沒有走過的地方，去人類沒有走過的地方。

Current space toilets only work in microgravity, so NASA has issued a challenge for designs

目前的太空廁所只能在微重力環境下工作，所以NASA發出了設計挑戰書。

that will work in lunar gravity as well. The prize is $35,000.

在月球重力下也能工作的。獎金為35000美元。

Enter to win and you could be flush with cash.

參與贏取，你可能會獲得現金。

If you like this video, check out this other one I did on the history

如果你喜歡這段視頻，可以看看我做的這段歷史上的其他一個。

of space toilets, don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment, and I'll see you next

的空間廁所，別忘了訂閱和留言，我們下期再見。

time on Seeker.

時間上的探索者。