NASA's new $23 million space toilet is ready for launch

[smp]

From Space.com:
"NASA is launching a new space toilet to the International Space Station next week for astronauts to test out before it’s used on future missions to the moon or Mars.

The $23 million toilet system, known as the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS), is 65% smaller and 40% lighter than the toilet currently in use on the space station, and can support larger crews. The toilet will launch to the space station aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo capsule on Sept. 29, as part of a routine resupply mission."

https://www.space.com/nasa-space-toilet ... for-launch

Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek posting. I got a chuckle out of this, as I remember the Government Contractor "million dollar hammer" kerfuffle from long past.

smp

[Star Dad]

Would not a plastic baggie work too?

[pakarinen]

This is a replacement for the Howard Wolowitz design?