Tim-Lance's Lab

Lances Lab

Living in space is not an easy thing to do. There are aspects of living in space that are upsides but also can be major downsides. Like no gravity. Lance will have a bit of fun floating around, but what happens if he needs to go toilet? People have to design special toilets and design something for every useful household object.

Lance Bass has asked for a module to be designed for him. He plans to live in space for three months so the module has to fulfil his living needs.

Recording Music

The pod is well equipped for recording music. It has a guitar, saxophone, keyboard, microphone and a computer for recording the music. Although the keyboard is in another room it is highly portable with removable magnetic devices to hold it down. Singstar has also been downloaded onto his computer for a warm-up. Also when the guitar and saxophone aren’t in use they are strapped to the wall. He can edit his music on the computer and also put scenes with it on windows movie maker (the computer has a camera).  Lance will easily be able to continue his career of singing while in space. Keeping him partially entertained. But is it enough? Bringing up the next topic.

Entertainment

Lance will be quite happy on the space station. He has a TV with 200 channels and an Xbox Kinect. He has a special couch with seatbelts for comfortable watching. Lance also has a whole bunch of games on his computer including chess, solitaire, Singstar, Age of Empires (the entire series with expansion packs) and he has the internet so he can play any game on that. He can also download games from the internet so he will never be short of games. He can always play music too if they get bored. The only thing Lance has to worry about is getting morbidly obese.

Exercise

 Lance has a squat machine with straps to make it actually challenging because if there weren’t any straps he would be able to do it effortlessly. There’s also a treadmill with straps. Those are the only exercise machines but if he practices on them every day he shall remain fit. Computer games also practice finger strength.

Communication and Experiments

Lance’s computer is fully equipped for communication since it has Skype and Lance has his own satellite. So communication is a breeze. While Lance is up there he plans to do an experiment, to test out a theory. Supposedly when in space taste buds seem to disappear. Lance is going to test out this theory by rating his food out of ten every time he eats. The rating will eventually decline and once it gets to three the test will stop. He will then see how long it took and send the information down to earth. That covers communication and experiments, leaving one last thing. Everyday life.

Every Day Life

For sleeping Lance has a special bed. To make it portable we have attached magnetic devices to this as well.  To stop Lance floating around the bed has straps or bedbelts.  To keep him warm Lance has an electric blanket that he also puts under the bedbelts.

Lance has to cook everything in its container then slowly slurp it out with the lid partially open. To store his food he’s got a minifridge.

To go toilet Lance has to lay his faeces into a suction toilet. For urinating he has a suction pipe. For washing he has to use very little water so that makes drying very easy. So Lance shall be able to do everyday tasks. Although they won’t be as easy.

In conclusion Lance Bass has everything he needs to live in space. He will be very happy and cheerful, he may even want to stay longer than three months.

By Tim Sime