Robot Arms and Space Toilets

Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets, and M'n'Ms...

Episode 92 of the Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists podcast, hosted by Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson, titled "Robot Arms and Space Toilets" was published on January 10, 2020 and runs 41 minutes.

January 10, 2020 ·41m · Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists

Summary

Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets and M and Ms in the first Space Boffins podcast of 2020. We also meet the engineer developing the controls for a new robotic arm for the space station - or 'Man Machine Interface' - and Richard and Sue are joined by science writer Colin Stuart to look ahead to the next year in space. Warning: this podcast features some disturbing audio of a space toilet malfunction. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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