Originally Posted By: y_p_w
I do remember when there was that NASA astronaut driving from Houston to Orlando looking to kidnap the girlfriend of the guy she was sleeping with. A lot of the stories noted that she saved time by wearing NASA issued "undergarments", although it didn't really seem much different than Depends.
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2007/02/08/the-astronaut-and-the-diaper-a-sordid-tale/
I guess it's called the "Maximum Absorbancy Garment" and is on display at the Smithsonian:
they are actually quite different from depends. Depends are for accidental "spills" shall we say..
MAG's are what allow you to just go in your pants and not get wet at all. looks like each one can absorb up to 2 liters of fluids, and wick them away from the skin.
they actually have a limited supply of them,as the company that made them went out of business.
NASA Bought 3200 of them in the 90's, and still has "about 1/3 of the supply left".
Shuttle astronauts were each issued 3 per mission.
One each for Launch, an EVA,and Landing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Absorbency_Garment
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-spacediaper9feb10-story.html
I do remember when there was that NASA astronaut driving from Houston to Orlando looking to kidnap the girlfriend of the guy she was sleeping with. A lot of the stories noted that she saved time by wearing NASA issued "undergarments", although it didn't really seem much different than Depends.
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2007/02/08/the-astronaut-and-the-diaper-a-sordid-tale/
I guess it's called the "Maximum Absorbancy Garment" and is on display at the Smithsonian:
they are actually quite different from depends. Depends are for accidental "spills" shall we say..
MAG's are what allow you to just go in your pants and not get wet at all. looks like each one can absorb up to 2 liters of fluids, and wick them away from the skin.
they actually have a limited supply of them,as the company that made them went out of business.
NASA Bought 3200 of them in the 90's, and still has "about 1/3 of the supply left".
Shuttle astronauts were each issued 3 per mission.
One each for Launch, an EVA,and Landing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Absorbency_Garment
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-spacediaper9feb10-story.html