That Time Apollo 16 Astronauts Got the Farts

Even with scientifically controlled diets, astronauts can t yet safely prevent gas in space. What gives them gas, and why are they still eating it? Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Alexander Wadsworth, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(86)90336-0 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19730003383.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-003-1048-5 https://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_16a_Summary.htm https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap16fj/15_Day5_pt3.html https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-DrinkFood.html https://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s6ch1.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12197533 Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sodium-potassium_pump_and_diffusion.png Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436. Derivative by Mikael Häggström https://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s6ch1.htm