It's a refrain echoed every summer by parents sitting in the car about to launch on another road trip: "If you need to go, go before we leave." Apparently, space shuttle trips are no different, which is why NASA built a last-minute bathroom for departing astronauts. Almost 200 feet above the sands of Cape Canaveral, nestled in the steel crossbeams of the twin launch pads of Launch Complex 39, are two bathrooms, one for each pad. Unlike its multimillion-dollar counterpart on the space station, this bathroom is rudimentary: a stainless steel bowl mounted to the wall and a small sink.
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