SpaceX is facing toilet troubles in its capsules before it launches more astronauts into space.
The company and Nasa want to make sure the toilet leaks will not compromise the capsule launching early on Sunday from Kennedy Space Center, or another one that has been parked at the International Space Station since April.
According to William Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX vice-president who used to work for Nasa, a tube came unglued during SpaceX’s first private flight last month, spilling urine on to fans and beneath the floor.
“We’ve fixed this problem in the tank by essentially making it an all-welded structure, with no longer a joint in there that can come unglued and become disconnected,” said Gerstenmaier. Nasa is currently reviewing the
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