A funny story about how SpaceX dealt with clandestine toilet issues on the recent Micturation 4 flight. This kind of thing is SpaceX's kryptonite—if you look at what breaks on ISS, it's a slog of unglamorous maintenance issues with no cool engineering fixhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/science/spacex-toilet-nasa.html …
His launch permits are contingent on the space toilet not leaking. But I agree that there is no reason to expect Musk to comply with biosafety requirements on Mars, another reason I hope he never gets there.