It is satisfying to see this rational and calculated explanation of the potential for a perpetually flowing red river in zero gravity.
But the calculation is so real…
Let’s say, they always send twice the amount in different packages, in case anything goes wrong, then the 50 makes absolutely sense. Maybe the string tears off easier when inserting one in space or she has a weird routine where one always goes to the bin immediately, well or the space vulcano thing. 😂
The Boeing Starliner debacle comes to mind.
Exactly! You don’t need supplies for a week, you need supplies until you make it home. Sometimes your week turns into several months.
To be fair, I doubt the Space Shuttle could have sustained astronauts in orbit for 286 days in any case, for reasons entirely unrelated to tampons. At least not without docking to the ISS, anyway, which STS-7 didn’t do (in part because it didn’t exist yet).
TBH I would be lost, too. Back when I was in college, many of my acquaintances would drink like a half or full case on a party night (or at least said they did), which is absurd to me - I’m already way drunker than I want to be after 2 or 3. So the answer is literally anything between 0 (if they don’t like beer at all) and like a case a day. And since I don’t really like drinking beer, I wouldn’t want to get more than my guests drink.
Honestly, I’d probably end up buying one six-pack and trying to get them into cocktails.
Depends on the person. Asian? Don’t. Russian? 'bout 2… 10 liter kegs. German? Between 1 and 200, just make sure they don’t get funnel out. Irish man? Just make sure it’s a Guiness and it’s COLD. DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT server warm Guiness to an irish man. Or woman or child or dog for that matter.
This appears to be a more involved matter than tampons. I’m sorry lady.
