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reznorwings t1_iya46ic wrote

I mean it's called the musical fruit for a reason.

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BlueMonkOne t1_iya9fiy wrote

Do they ban dairy products, brussel sprouts and broccoli as well? If not, this is 100% bean-discrimination.

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PhelesDragon t1_iya9w0o wrote

I just imagined a sketch show or a Red Dwarf episode where someone farts and opens a window to air it out and everyone dies.

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themanbefore t1_iyaag45 wrote

Just open the airlock for a split second - it'll suck that fart right out. What could possibly go wrong?

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themanbefore t1_iyaakle wrote

In space, no one can hear you fart.

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Brokinnogin t1_iyaanfm wrote

Is garlic and protein powder allowed?
That shit could be a war crime.

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April_Spring_1982 OP t1_iyadbrr wrote

Replying to PissTapeExpert (#781,601)

I can't view the link. My posted article was from 2010 but there's another one from 2020 that says the same thing. Maybe NASA figured out how to make fart free beans. If they have, then this is government technology that they are keeping secret...

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April_Spring_1982 OP t1_iyae32c wrote

Replying to BlueMonkOne (#780,895)

According to the article "NASA banned flatulence-inducing foods like beans, cabbage, sprouts and broccoli. " This is from 2010, so standards may have changed. I've read that other banned foods include salt and pepper and bread (crumbs/tiny grains are dangerous).

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ShitDirigible t1_iyaiesl wrote

I can do more than that without beans.

Guess ill never be allowed in space.

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Fetlocks_Glistening t1_iyaj7wj wrote

Replying to April_Spring_1982 (#781,679)

I mean, I'll try!

But gases also famously expand to fill all available space, and in weightlessness aren't held down by gravity, so an open-top "cup" doesn't really work very intuitively as a measuring device for gas. Now a medium-sized balloon, or 200ml, I'd understand

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kida80 t1_iyal8hd wrote

Isn't the volume of a gas the volume of it's container? So they would produce 1 spacecraft of flatus. Isn't pressure a better measure? "Its 2 bar of farts in here, open a window"

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pierrekrahn t1_iyamw4d wrote

But spacecrafts do have windows. And they literally have life-saving air filters.

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DefiantStomp t1_iyb0fk7 wrote

Well then. TIL I'd be disqualified from being an astronaut because my digestive system makes sure I'm a gassy fellow. It matters not what I eat.

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feor1300 t1_iyb27bt wrote

Not to mention that with conservation of momentum you'd be at risk of giving yourself a concussion with a strong enough jet. lol

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DoucheCanoeBruh t1_iyb2nva wrote

I've always wondered if they'd ever considered having astronauts undergo surgery to have a colostomy bag instead of requiring a regular toilet. I know it's a horrible idea, but just wonder if it was a consideration even briefly.

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idyl t1_iyba0ot wrote

Replying to hvgotcodes (#788,390)

Memory unlocked: I had a Science teacher back in HS that said something along the lines of, "nothing sucks, it blows." Of course we all just laughed about it rather than understanding it at the time.

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raddrobb67 t1_iybe066 wrote

The air at the Bush baked bean plant in Dandridge Tennessee smells like gas.

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Nutsnboldt t1_iybfcyb wrote

“Banned” vs not brought for practical purposes.

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ramriot t1_iybip71 wrote

Well, strictly there are windows but they are designed to be very difficult to open.

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opiate_lifer t1_iybkdvt wrote

NASA also feeds astronauts a "low residue diet" to reduce the amount of feces they produce. They to avoid foods high in stuff like insoluble fiber or cellulose, basically anything that is not absorbable.

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detumaki t1_iybnmhw wrote

Replying to elmanutres (#791,992)

I proudly volunteer to eat these things in great magnitude in space so as to set the court precedent for future generations.

Also because I've been accused of my farts being a war crime in the past and I would love to see that in a courts transcript. I will frame that on my kitchen wall.

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nakedonmygoat t1_iybohi1 wrote

I read a book by US astronaut Scott Kelly where he said Russian cosmonauts are given food loaded with dill before going up. (Kelly had to fly out of Russia a few times.) Apparently the dill helps with flatulence, so pre-flight meals are liberally seasoned with dill.

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LeTigron t1_iybp2k8 wrote

Replying to April_Spring_1982 (#781,679)

Redditor, I will submit this theory to a benchmark. Update in six hours. If I don't come back, it's because I'm dead of asphyxia in the line of duty. Tell my waifu pillow that I love her and my neighbour's dog that he's been adopted.

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kozmonyet t1_iybq9jt wrote

They also had to remove beans from US air force rations which crews would eat in flight.

The issue was decompression--the gas inside expands as things are adjusted for landing and everyone got uncomfortably gassy during final approach.

I can't imagine what kind of discomfort could come from rapid emergency decompression should one happen to be carrying a big gas load.

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Winnipesaukee t1_iybviuz wrote

"I got the farts again. I got 'em again, Charlie." -John Young

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Redd_October t1_iybyfyx wrote

I just really wanna know how they're measuring cups of farts. It's there a standard pressure for a cup of farts? Are these pure cups of farts?

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Vegan_Harvest t1_iyc170f wrote

Eat them for long enough and this won't be a problem, until then it's free fuel.

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nickyeyez t1_iyc2k5x wrote

I heard it was because the astronauts were getting sudden bursts of acceleration when they were doing lab studies

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Dirk_Diggler_Kojak t1_iyc2rrk wrote

I see how farting could be a problem in a zero gravity environment...

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Rincewinded t1_iyc38gk wrote

I think that's just because meat eaters don't tend to get e ought fiber but w/e.

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dinoroo t1_iyc4q4y wrote

Replying to BlueMonkOne (#782,477)

I’d usually hold my breath when someoen around me sneezes. So I would definitely die of asphyxiation if it happened in that environment. The little snot-spit droplets would travel forever.

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imperatorrj t1_iyc5zki wrote

Replying to AirborneRodent (#791,225)

Maybe. it depends on the domain you're talking about. At the level of atoms, the atoms bounce and get pushed to where they don't encounter something to bounce against. At the level of gasses and pressure gradients those individual atoms are not relevant and the emergent behavior can be described as either.

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spyczech t1_iyc8t70 wrote

In case anyone skips reading the article this was of particular interest

" she's heard of improvised experiments. Weightless, the astronauts remove their garments when they feel a big blow coming and, to quote American astronaut Roger Crouch, use intestinal gas as a propellant to, "launch themselves across the middeck."

Roach e-mailed Roger Crouch to ask if this had ever really happened. He was coy:

"He had heard the claims and was dubious. 'The mass and velocity of the expelled gas,' he told me in an e-mail that has forever endeared him to me, 'is very small compared to the mass of the human body.' Thus it was unlikely that it could accelerate a 180-pound astronaut. Crouch pointed out that an exhaled breath doesn't propel an astronaut in any direction, and the lungs hold about six liters of air versus the fart, which, as we learned from Dr. Murphy, holds at most three soda cans worth.""

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Fobeedo t1_iyc9sbg wrote

I hope I never have to see someone measure farts by the cup ever again

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RTSUbiytsa t1_iycb4dg wrote

Replying to fartfilledpieofpenis (#795,065)

Crumbs from bread could get into (I believe) the oxidizer (don't quote me this is all from memory at 4 AM) which could then set fire to it and cause a complete destruction of the craft

It was something along those lines, like it's not just that there are little bits of food going around, it's cause of a severe danger - same reason why space pens were invented instead of just using pencils, cause those bits of lead you wipe away after writing don't just go away in space, they get sucked into the ventilation and fuck shit up

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Re92 t1_iycfjjh wrote

what kind of beans, coz i switch to black beans and much less farting happins now?

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Apocrisiary t1_iycjpap wrote

Guess I have astronaut bowels then.

Rarely fart, and my buddy says they just smell like dust. Can't even "dustcrop" him...I CANT HAVE MY REVENGE!

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Hawksw0rd t1_iycjrni wrote

Huh, I first read that as Starcraft and was even more confused.

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zerbey t1_iycnzfa wrote

Considering how much effort it takes just to go to the bathroom and the fact they're all living in what is basically a small box for months at a time I imagine they put an enormous amount of research into providing a diet that produces as little gas as possible whilst limiting the number of times they have to go take a shit.

I'm sure personal hygiene is also very high on the list, especially since you can't take a shower every day. Even so, I bet the ISS absolutely stinks most of the time.

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fuxximus t1_iycqxv0 wrote

Replying to idontremembermyuname (#794,814)

Moisticity and toxicity and of course duration of created orifice, force of expulsion, weight of if included chunks of solid matter, radius of the cone of initial exposure, tho this last can be just calculated using force of expulsion variable and Duration of created orifice variable. I forget the rest

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kylel999 t1_iycr4xj wrote

So the filters can handle turning your piss back into drinkable water but farts are too much?

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sigint74 t1_iydc07s wrote

Replying to PhelesDragon (#780,990)

Or that mission in Borderlands The Pre Sequel where the scientist on the space station tells you to hold on a sec cause his laboratory is a bit stuffy and opens up the window to cool off...

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Dracoatrox1 t1_iyddzhe wrote

Replying to AMERICANDECLINE (#793,352)

My former roommate was both lactose-intoerant, and had Celiacs.

If he felt slighted in any way, he would order a large cheese pizza, and proceeded to make the neighbors complain about the smell.

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firelock_ny t1_iydmuns wrote

This makes me think of the 1997 movie RocketMan, which I believe was inspired by the idea of something being about as funny as a fart in a space suit.

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One-Mud-169 t1_iye519y wrote

....enters the room: Sheldon Cooper

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