Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/08/why-do-cosmonauts-piss-on-a-wh.html
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Now that is a tradition.
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Going to the bathroom right before a long trip just makes sense.
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Gotta do the safety pee, even if you don’t have to go.
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I read somewhere that british crews of night bombers during WWII did something similar, before going for a mission.
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Opened the article looking for how female cosmonauts dealt with this tradition, was not disappointed.
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There’s a common phrase from a popular song about Gagarin:
Он сказал: «Поехали!»
Он взмахнул рукой.
“He said ‘Let’s Go!’
and waved his hand.”
Naturally, Russians being who they are, there are many parody versions; my favorite is “Он сказал: «Поехали!» / и запил водой.” (He said Let’s Go! and drank a glass of water.)
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Important need to know fact: Does the cup have a lid???
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Putin ought to send Donald one of those tires as a goodwill gift. We all know how much Trump likes Russian pee.
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Or, more likely, it’s their canine heritage.
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Peeing where Yuri Gagarin did before his first flight definitely sounds like a better tradition than peeing where Alan Shepard did before his.
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Notice the “P” in “CCCP”. Proves the point.
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Another tradition (since the early 1970ies) is watching this film pre-flight:
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Now you’ve opened up the whole complicated question of trans people, now the space program will be set back by 10 years of lawyers arguing.
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Its a good film. A Russian Ostern (Eastern). A “Western” type story taking place in the wilds of Central Asia.
I recommend it to anyone who is interested in how other countries do action films.
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Yup. Fun to watch.
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A very interesting read. He goes into his experiences launching and working with the Russians, as well as what living in space is like.
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Well it’s all very well telling Yuri that NOW. Where were you before he got on the bus?
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Jellyfish?
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