Elon Musk said on Twitter that SpaceX plans to upgrade the amenities for its
next space-tourist flight, including the toilet.
The Inspiration4 crew, made up of four civilian astronauts, took off on
Wednesday aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. They landed back on Earth
on Saturday evening.
Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that he met the crew in person in Florida, and
then he answered questions from Twitter users about the company's plans for
the next mission.
Responding to one user, Musk said the next flight would have "upgraded
toilets." He added, "We had some challenges with it this flight."
The billionaire did not elaborate on what these challenges were or how exactly
the toilets would be upgraded.
Jared Isaacman, one of the passengers on Inspiration4, told Insider in July
that the toilet for Crew Dragon was located on the ceiling of the spacecraft
and featured a glass dome, meaning crew members had a 360-degree view while
using the bathroom.
"It's not a ton of privacy. But you do have this kind of privacy curtain
that cuts across the top of the spacecraft, so you can kind of separate
yourself from everyone else," Isaacman said.
Isaacman added that learning to use the toilet on the spacecraft was part of
the civilian astronauts' rigorous preflight training.
Musk also said the next flight would have a small oven for heating food, as
well as WiFi provided by Starlink, SpaceX's satellite-internet project.
The crew for the Inspiration4 mission took cold pizza on its three-day flight.
While in space, the crew members chatted with Musk and the actor Tom Cruise.
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