Jeff Bezos doesn't want his Blue Origin passengers to poop or pee in space [View all]
Blue Origin owner (and Amazon CEO) Jeff Bezos has a message for wannabe space tourists: Hold it until you land!
Speaking to a crowd at a conference in Colorado Springs, Bezos said that the trip on his company's New Shepard tourist spacecraft will be so quick that urinating and defecating won't be an issue, according to Space.com.
“Go to the bathroom in advance,” Bezos said, in a quote highlighted by Gizmodo. “The whole thing, from boarding until you’re back on the ground, is probably 40 or 41 minutes. So you’re going to be fine. You could dehydrate ever so slightly if you have a weak bladder.”
While 41 minutes doesn't seem like too long to hold it — especially with a tech billionaire warning you to use the facilities ahead of time like an earnest dad on I-95 — space travel comes with some stresses that can make it difficult to keep bodily functions under control.
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