@fryrsquared: The story comes from Donald Rethke (aka Dr. Flush) the engineer who worked on the life support system designs for the Apollo missions. Michael Collins (Apollo 11) also mentions it in his book, but by his time the sizes were referred to as "extra large, immense, and unbelievable" - seems even astronauts need an ego boost from time to time!

Technoblade<3333 :

Victoria Gimmie :

I would’ve suggested Secure fit, Relaxed fit, Loose fit to soothe the egos

g :

nothing is smaller than a man's confidence

Theo :

why am I not surprised by this at all 🙄

OiMacey :

😂😂 it is cold in space 😂

HoneyPot :

I am really betting one of the wives actually came up this idea.

John🌱 :

Do you think they all had PhDs?

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AsparagusDaily :

I immediately saw this problem when I saw the size names

mooretofollow :

Why were they even allowed to choose themselves. NASA knows everything about any astronaut’s bodies.

Foxxy :

men!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

CtrlAltDelight :

So fragile.

Paul :

As a man... I am embarrassed for my half of the population 🤦

pandangus :

how my jaw stayed in place 😉

Atlaslion.69 :

Delusions of grandeur 😁

Kasia Smithson :

that's hilarious 😂

binelliharry :

Oh my god 😅😅🤦🏻

dc223 :

vanity sizing

KtotheK :

Men are aren't driven by emotion, clearly men are logical and always sane.

VM :

men.

EthicAI :

how much does this not surprise me..

PS19 :

Great story, and delightful to see how much you enjoyed telling it

KaaDee :

Marks and Spencers do them with elastic

y4ac4q2e :

So they could accommodate that but not women menstruating?

horsewithnoname :

in space, no one can hear you stream.