So this seems dumbâŠand it isâŠbut itâs dumb with a purpose. I can almost guarantee you the exact line of reasoning that gets NASA engineers to 100.
Ok, first of all assume the worst and assume she needs the max amount of tampons possible for all days. Now lets count it up.
7 days? Better be safe and make it 10.
3 tampons a day at worst? Better be safe and make it 5.
So that gives us 50 tampons. Ok. Double it.
And thatâs how you get 100.
Itâs ridiculous, but NASA has a culture of âoverengineer absolutely everything to do with human safety, and then design around itâ which is actually pretty cool.
Listen, I know this gets made fun of so much, but like I am a woman who has periods and I have absolutely no idea how many tampons a woman requires in a week. I use primarily pads. But these men, at the least, ASKED her instead of making unfounded assumptions.
Also have you ever packed for a long trip and thought âIâm only going for seven days but I need to pack 15 pairs of underwearâŠ.just in caseâ. Imagine that but youâre going to SPACE
And thereâs no space 7-Eleven if you run out.
