(no longer) The Northernmost Jew

A few astronauts “visited” several schools in the area via teleconference and talked about their careers. They all had space experience. One was in a space station traveling at 5 miles per second around the earth. One game they had in zero gravity – they would open a bag of M&Ms and let them float around the cabin, while the astronauts raced to eat their assigned color. They tended by taking questions from the different schools. I got to ask the question I always wanted to know – how do bathrooms work in zero gravity? I don’t remember all the details, but mainly by suction, and they have restraints to hold the user in place. (If any of my students are reading this – notice how they stressed the importance of learning math and science!)