Apollo astronauts left their poop on the moon. NASA ought to go back for that shit. – Vox
Apollo astronauts left their poop on the moon. NASA ought to go back for that shit. – Vox
But the bigger human footprint on the moon is, arguably, theย 96ย bagsof human wasteย left behind by the six Apollo missions that landed there.
Yes, our brave astronauts took dumps on their way to the moon, perhaps even on the moon, andย they left behind their diapers in baggies, on humanityโs doorstep to the greater cosmos.
The bags have lingered there, and no one knows what has become ofthem. Now scientists want to go back, and answer a question that has profound implications for our future explorations of Mars: Is anything alive in them?