One of my favorite
Richard K. Feynmann anecdotes arises from the
Space Shuttle program. In one of the two books on him, a friend is reminiscing about the time that Feynmann sent him a diagram of
NASA's proposed
zero-gravity toilet. Immediately behind the user's...er,
behind, there is a spinning device which NASA has labeled '
Solid/Fluid Waste Separator.' Next to it, Feynmann had pencilled in an arrow pointing to the device, with the
notation "
As near as I can figure, the shit is supposed
to hit the fan!"
The man was a genius.