Mood:
quizzicalTopic: Scientific Progress...
Think about this li'l nugget of wisdom:
Fighter pilots have bladders, too.
...yeah: I think we all can see the problem from here. Those good ol' boys 'n girls can probably even smell it, too (and feel it)...
eeegh; that's enough of that.
Far be it for these aereal aces to have to wallow around in their own urine, so enter a private company with a certain device that acts (somewhat) like a port-a-potty you squeeze between your legs:
That's a pretty common-sense solution to a very... sticky... situation.
Not a bad solution, really. My Allied Military R-Type pilots in TYPERS have a chemical support system that injects things directly into their bodies to suppress urine formation and urine storage in the short term (ie: atmospheric flight)
...anything longer (ie: protracted spaceflight) requires a different solution...
...enough on that...
Seeing's how the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world right now is the F-22, and it barely has the power to control its own avionics (ie: extremely primitive 'self-repair' style technology, shunting of power, fluids, et al in response to catastrophic injury... mostly a budgetary boondoggle with overcomplicated bells n' whistles, but what do I know?) I don't think we're gonna see a fighter plane with the ability to minister to a pilot's body like that for some time.
Until then, there's AMXD. Unless our men and women in flightsuits would prefer to be stuck with a urinary catheter, of course.
The answer to that question... well, is a strafing run in the direction of the person asking it.
Scientific Progress goes diving for cover...
