What would happen if an astronaut farted in their space suit?

Question

What would happen if they farted in the space suit? Would they be forced to endure it?

Answer 1

It could be purged.  Space suits have vents for releasing used air. Or they could increase the oxygen ratio a few notches, which will neutralize the smell pretty quickly.  Methane combines spontaneously with oxygen.  But as reversedacurse pointed out, I'm not at all sure that the air inside the helmet mixes with the air in the rest of the suit.

Answer 2

Of course they do, but don't know how they take care of 'it'!!!  We know about the diapers, though--at least for the lengthen of time it takes to get from Texas to Florida!!!  LOL LOL

Answer 3

"uh oh!" ....(f**t!) ...." I can't breathe!" .....

Answer 4

They would be forced to be the only ones to bask in their ambiance. They could not share their work. Plus NASA would be upset that they ruined a 20 million dollar space suit with their foul stench.

Answer 5

they would have to smell the f**t the whole time. But they would probably die in an hour.

Answer 6

uh houston we have a problem...

Answer 7

I just read that they are not allowed to eat beans before they take off because it actually damages the suit when they pass gas inside.

Answer 8

That would stink.

John

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Answer 9

There is like a computerized diaper that analyzes the f**t to check their well being and saves samples so they can examine the state of f**t when people in space. Also in space because of atmosphere there it mostly comes out in liquid form, so if they are out of the spacesuit it would float in the air in bubbles form.

Answer 10

They would self implode

Answer 11

Activated charcoal filters.  Passing gas in a space suit does not damage it.

Answer 12

I don't think they can smell it because I think that the head unit has a divider where the neck is.

Answer 13

lol thats a good one I will ask the astronaut next time I see him, I think since they are trapped in the suit they would have to be force to smell it.. I know when they first get into space they do experience sickness because their organs begin to float since gravity is different.  

Answer 14

poor them....risking their lives going to space, now enduring their own f**t some more...

Answer 15

they get a mouth full of f**t haha

Answer 16

ROTFLOL!

One would wonder since there is 0 gravity in space, would it make you float from point A to point B if you let one rip???

I don't know if you can smell things in space. I would think you can.

Answer 17

They would feel REALLY uncomfortable for the remainder of their time in the suit.

Fortunately, astronauts only wear spacesuits on launch and spacewalks, so they wouldn't have to put up with it for too long.

Answer 18

well they should of brought a air freshener with then LOLZ!!

if they didn't it would smell really really bad well...

  depends did they eat beans before they put on the suit??

Answer 19

they would die of the smell