nasa - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:34:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 CONTEST: Design a toilet for the Moon, win $35,000 https://thewebgangsta.com/2020/08/contest-design-a-toilet-for-the-moon-win-35000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contest-design-a-toilet-for-the-moon-win-35000 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://thewebgangsta.com/?p=8471 NASA is holding the LUNAR LOO CHALLENGE, a contest to design a toilet that can be used on the moon. Yes, this will truly be a situation to “go, where nobody has ever gone before.” Contest entries are due by August 17, 2020, and the winner will receive $35,000 (and possibly “an item of official […]

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]]> WHAT DOES OUTER SPACE SMELL LIKE? https://thewebgangsta.com/2020/06/what-does-outer-space-smell-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-outer-space-smell-like Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:41:02 +0000 https://thewebgangsta.com/?p=8413 Four years ago, NASA hired a “scent consultant” to develop a smell that could be used to train astronauts on what to expect when they finally get to outer space. And now, we finally know the answer to WHAT SPACE SMELLS LIKE. According to Steve Pearce, the creator of the “Eau de Space” perfume, outer […]

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]]> Would you volunteer to go to outer space knowing you will DIE? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/11/would-you-volunteer-to-go-to-outer-space-knowing-you-will-die/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-you-volunteer-to-go-to-outer-space-knowing-you-will-die Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:00:11 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=8164 Who would be crazy enough to sign up for a one-way ticket to Mars, knowing that they will never come back to Earth, and that they WILL die on this mission? Apparently over 1000 people have volunteered to DIE on a proposed Mission to Mars. Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration The trip […]

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]]> Peeing in Space, Revisited: How Urine May Power Space Flight https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/11/peeing-in-space-revisited-how-urine-may-power-space-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peeing-in-space-revisited-how-urine-may-power-space-flight Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:41 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5622 The other day, Web Watch had the privilege of having dinner with a former NASA engineer, and as is often the case with this gentleman, the inevitable topic of using the bathroom in the confines of the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station came up. Not by us, of course.  He was the one […]

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]]> Should women be astronauts? Sure – just be sure to drink their pee https://thewebgangsta.com/2011/04/should-women-be-astronauts-sure-just-be-sure-to-drink-their-pee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-women-be-astronauts-sure-just-be-sure-to-drink-their-pee Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:00:13 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=3737 Astronaut Barbie There are some people who say that women shouldn’t be astronauts.  It really doesn’t matter who those idiots are, because we have people like Dr William Rowe, and his website FEMALES IN SPACE, which offers many scientific and medical reasons why women are superior astronaut material. One of the reasons Dr Rowe offers […]

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