The Most Expensive Bathroom Ever Created: The Space Toilet
Think your luxury bathroom renovation cost a pretty penny? Then you need to lay your eyes on easily the most expensive bathroom ever: the space toilet. This zero gravity toilet designed for space shuttles was bought by NASA from Russia for $19 million for the international space station. That may seem like an astronomical sum for a commode, but considering how much brand new technology had to be developed and implemented, it would’ve actually cost much more for the U.S. government to create its own space toilet. This latest space age (literally) bathroom has been shared amongst 13 astronauts and cosmonauts and is an improvement on previous space toilets in that it offers more privacy and has a surprising water conservation feature that we’ll talk about later.
Because these toilets are used in space, there are some special considerations, both in how the toilet works and how it’s used.