Good point.

I wasn't thinking long term, more "fly up, dock, eat lunch, fly home"
but a toilet would be nice.

And something nicer than Apollo style "fecal collection bag" would be
really good.

Thats' on my list now!

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 12:36 PM Richard Aiken - raikenclw at
gmail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps a hose with LOW pressure suction? Bag/bottle the "product," then toss it outside with enough oomph to degrade it's orbit. Reentry will incinerate it handily.
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:00 AM Chuck McKnight - chuckmcknight at pheonic.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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>> Are you planning on using the "space station" as a long-term habitat,
>> i.e., without the ship docked? If so, I'd suggest a toilet of some sort
>> might be in order. 😂
>>
>> On 8/10/21 6:27 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz - schwartz.jeffrey at gmail.com
>> (via tml list) wrote:
>> > So, I'm once more playing with virtual worlds and Traveller.
>> > Got my Type-S flying, pretty much done with the cockpit upgrades, but
>> > that made me want to practice docking.... and I needed a place to play
>> > with the scripts to override gravity when in free fall. And I wanted a
>> > place to have air pressure accidents and test the scripts for that.
>> >
>> > The storyline for the world I'm basing off of is a TL-5 local
>> > production capability with a small IISS waystation used for R&R and
>> > such. One of the things about coming off R&R is 'check rides' for
>> > newer crew to get certified in a skill.
>> >
>> > So for in-world fun, I thought about it, and made a bunch of steel
>> > sections (TL-5 steels...) that just fit in the cargo bay of the type
>> > S. Loft them to orbit, pull out, weld to the prior one and you've got
>> > a really primitive space station of around 18 dtons..
>> >
>> > There's a hatch at one end that mates to the Sierra's docking hatch.
>> >
>> > I stuck on a few off-world made solar panels, and painted the outside
>> > silver to reflect the sunlight, painted the inside with insulation.
>> > Stuck a garage air compressor to a CO2 scrubber, and ran it off
>> > batteries charged by the solar panels. Added a few O2 tanks for
>> > balancing as needed.
>> >
>> > There's a TL8 imported ham radio and a cheap microcontroller wired to
>> > it to help with docking. Added a fridge with some snacks in it, just
>> > for certifying the "Zero-G" skill (can prepare meals while floating)
>> >
>> > Which leads to my question for the group:
>> > Given a reasonable but small training budget, and access to a TL-5
>> > shopping mall/industrial base , what do you take to orbit and use to
>> > enhance this POS space station?
>> >
>> > If it's something for use inside the station, it needs to fit inside a
>> > stateroom.
>> > If it's for the outside, it needs to fit in the 3 dton bay.
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