Episode 151
Robot Arms and Space Toilets
Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets, and M'n'Ms...
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists · The Naked Scientists
January 10, 202041m 21s
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Show Notes
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
Topics
mike mullanespace toiletcolin stuartspace sexismrobotic armspace station