--- title: "The View From Inspiration4’s Toilet Is Absolutely Incredible" description: "SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has the best view — from a bathroom, which is right next to the Crew Dragon spacecraft's giant glass cupola." date: "2021-09-16" modified: "2021-09-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/view-spacex-inspiration4-toilet-incredible" categories: - "Space" tags: - "crew dragon" - "SpaceX" - "the digest" --- # The View From Inspiration4’s Toilet Is Absolutely Incredible ![SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew has the best view — from a bathroom, which is right next to the Crew Dragon spacecraft's giant glass cupola.]() *\Image: SpaceX\* ## Number One Throne SpaceX's historic Inspiration4 mission [launched like clockwork]() last night, kicking off the first-ever all-tourist spaceflight. And, as promised, the views out of the massive cupola, which is a huge [glass dome]() replacing the Crew Dragon spacecraft's port normally used to dock to the International Space Station, are breathtaking. A [video]() uploaded by SpaceX to Twitter shows the Earth slowly rotating hundreds of miles below — an incredible sight, especially considering the dome is right above the small spacecraft's only toilet. It's literally a hundred-million dollar view. In other words, the view while the crew is doing number two... is truly number one. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1438359359898066944 ## Million Dollar View SpaceX was able to remove the protective cover around the dome roughly twenty minutes into the flight, around the time Crew Dragon was gaining altitude to insert itself into a stable orbit. While the crew will makes a doo with an incredible view, they will fortunately have a curtain shielding them from their compatriots. "It's not a ton of privacy," billionaire funder and mission commander Jared Isaacman [told *Insider*]() in July. "But you do have this kind of privacy curtain that cuts across the top of the spacecraft, so you can kind of separate yourself from everyone else." "And that also happens to be where the glass cupola is," he added. "So, you know, when people do inevitably have to use the bathroom, they're going to have one hell of a view." **READ MORE:** [SpaceX Crew Dragon cupola provides awe-inspiring view of the Earth from space]() \[*CNET*\] **More on the launch:** *[SpaceX's Inspiration4 Already Blasted Past Jeff Bezos' Highest Point]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()