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Space Poop

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Other than the iconic footprints of our astronauts, there is yet another thing they left on the lunar surface. Any guesses what it can be? Many of you must not have guessed it right. POOP. Yes, you heard me right. Astronauts who were a part of six Apollo missions have left 96 bags of poop, and other human waste (bags of urine, vomit, food waste) on the moon. And guess what? NASA is planning to go to the lunar surface in just a few years and get that shit back to earth.   First picture taken by Neil Armstrong during Apollo 11. Bag with human waste on the lunar surface Source: https://www.workingonthemoon.com/WOTM-JettisonBag.html Well, these space missions have a major issue of extra weight, which can risk the whole mission. So, if they have to pick moon rocks, soil and bring them back to Earth, they gotta discard futile things to reduce the weight inside the spacecraft. This is indeed an interesting experiment that will provide us insights into the microbial life on the moon. ...