Mike Mullane

(1945) Military Officer

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Mike Mullane is a military officer.

Quick Facts About Mike Mullane

Born: September 10, 1945
Profession: Military Officer

About Mike Mullane

[Wikidata] American astronaut... | [Wikipedia] Richard Michael Mullane is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.

Quotes by Mike Mullane

The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be…

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Aim

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You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you…

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Done

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NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same…

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Bottom

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In weightlessness, one of the physiological changes is a fluid shift. Your blood and fluid is equally distributed in your body. So…

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Blood

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In the space shuttle program, where we had males and females, I can tell you that nobody was doing that [sex] because…

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Air

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If you look at astronauts closely, their eyes look kind of puffy. And it gives you this mild headache. But one of…

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Advantage

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After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine…

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Beautiful

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There's no way you can use water to collect waste in zero gravity. So, basically, our toilet on shuttle operations is a…

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Cleaners

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And you're headed to a place with no bath and no shower. So you can just imagine how crazy it is to…

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Baths

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The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give…

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Astronaut

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