Astronaut Criticizes Inconvenient Spacewalk Required for ISS Bathroom Access
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Summary
Astronaut Dave Barron expresses frustration with the inconvenient nightly spacewalk required to use the International Space Station's outhouse, describing the 25-minute process of suiting up, depressurizing, and navigating through freezing space as a major hassle, especially if he forgets toilet paper and has to make the return trip.
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the dreaded nightly ritual had quickly become his least favorite part of his mission
if, God forbid, he forgot to bring toilet paper, he had to spacewalk all the way back to the orbital station
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