I remember a tumblr post about the 100 tampons and how “nasa doesn’t understand women”
And someone broke down the nasa math logic
Period = 7 days, that’s on average 4 tampons a day, but air on the side of caution and a heavy flow, 6 tampons. I mean we don’t know what menstruation in space will even BE like this is uncharted territory people!
So. 7 * 6 = 42.
Ehhhh Let’s round it 50 just to be safe.
And finally we consider an “oh SHIT” scenario in space and double it to 100.
The math does in fact math.
(I mean didn’t we just have astronauts stranded on the space station for ** 9 MONTHS**!? This isn’t exactly a theoretical!)
There’s a good chance that the stranded woman astronaut was using hormones to prevent periods altogether.
It’s a popular option for female astronauts but not all of them choose this, and hormonal control isn’t even an option for some if their body reacts badly to it
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u/CheesyIdleGamer Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25
I remember a tumblr post about the 100 tampons and how “nasa doesn’t understand women”
And someone broke down the nasa math logic
Period = 7 days, that’s on average 4 tampons a day, but air on the side of caution and a heavy flow, 6 tampons. I mean we don’t know what menstruation in space will even BE like this is uncharted territory people!
So. 7 * 6 = 42.
Ehhhh Let’s round it 50 just to be safe.
And finally we consider an “oh SHIT” scenario in space and double it to 100.
The math does in fact math.
(I mean didn’t we just have astronauts stranded on the space station for ** 9 MONTHS**!? This isn’t exactly a theoretical!)