(June 13, 2014 at 10:57 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:(June 13, 2014 at 10:35 pm)Brakeman Wrote: What particular technological challenge do you think was too insurmountable? The breathing apparatus? The rocket engine? The taste of tang?
Space toilets.
They didn't need no stinking toilets. They used bags and relieve tubes.
(Btw, the Russians beat us in the hygenic space toilet race by about 6 years. This is an aspect of the moon race you don't often hear about the in US)