I bet. Cause it never will. It aint a bird, its a spqcecraft that flew.

Thank you for the kind review. I am glad you liked Leaving Earth. I am also sure that it is now giving you a better idea of the context of what the Russians and Chinese are doing in space, vs the U.S.

It also makes clear how much of a joke Orion is. There is no way is that capsule an interplanetary spaceship.

OOPS – meant Skylab, not Spacelab…

Thanks for the enlightenment, Bob ! ! That makes a lot of sense to me…

BTW – during a discussion of long-term spaceflight a few months ago, you recommended to a couple of us to read your book Leaving Earth, which I did while on vaction back in May, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. It was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be – I was always more thrilled with things like the pioneering first launches into space, or the Apollo Moon landing, even the Shuttle, but had no idea the incredible challenges faced by the many Astronauts & Cosmonauts on Spacelab, Mir, and eventually the ISS, often having to adapt on the fly to new & unforseen circumstances. There were times of real danger – things I’d never heard about – and moments of humor as well. Excellent read…

The shuttle had a toilet. And yes, it makes no sense to plan on doing interplanetary travel without one, which provides us clear evidence that NASA’S SLS system and Orion capsule is not serious about doing interplanetary travel.

As for Dragon, I don’t think it has a toilet, but then, it was specifically designed just to get people up the ISS and low Earth orbit. If SpaceX gets Falcon Heavy flying they will have the capacity to build a much more sophisticated spacecraft. Or not. The cheaper and smarter choice would be to use Dragon to get into orbit, and a Bigelow space module (with restroom) to go beyond.

HA ! !