Life in space 太空生活

Dean

This is what most of us use when nature calls hereon Earth – the humble, hand-flushtoilet. But have you ever thought about what happens when you need to use theloo in space? Thankfully, British astronaut Tim Peake has come to the rescue toexplain.

我们大多数人想方便时候，都使用普通的手冲厕所。但你想过太空宇航员如何上厕所吗？现在大家有幸聆听英国宇航员提姆皮克来说明一下。

A few days ago, he showed us how to brew a cup ofcoffee up there, so we knew he would need to visit the toilet sooner or later…

前几天，他给我们展示了如何在那里泡一杯咖啡。喝完后，我们就知道他不久就要上厕所…

“And ofcourse, the answer to the big question everybody asks – how do you go to the loo in space? It really isquite simple.

“当然，这也就回答了我们大家都在问的这个大问题–怎么去太空厕所？其实真的很简单。

Here's the tube you pee in. Take the cap off, turnon the fan, and the airflow keeps everything going down the pipe. And also, fornumber two, the air flow does the same thing. Simple as that!”

首先是撒尿的管子。把管子塞拿下来，然后打开风扇，这样气流把管子里的东西吹下去。大便也是一样，通过气流吹下去。简单不！”

It gives a whole new meaning to the term floater.I bet he feels much lighter now!

这给冲水罐里的浮子制定了一个全新的含义。我敢说他现在一定感觉非常轻松了！