Faux Press Release: Hattiesburg, Mississippi --- for immediate release.
The first father and son team has flown on the NASA's KC-135 aircraft! Dr. John A. Pojman, Sr., a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern Mississippi, and his son, John, Jr. flew from Houston.
"John, Jr. really enjoyed it," said his proud father, "and he didn't even spit up!" "Trying to keep track of a toddler on earth is hard enough but in weightlessness the little fellow was all over the aircraft cabin. But we successfully demonstrated that diapers can be changed in weightlessness."
Pojman had considered other platforms for his project but "drop towers just don't offer the time I need to change a diaper -- I am pretty fast but 2.2 seconds would be pushing it." NASA official also expressed concern over the landing.
Given the funding difficulties of NASA, Pojman sought support from Huggies and Evenflo. "They were delighted to have their products tested by NASA, especially since the diaper industry owes so much to space research -- who can imagine diapers without Velcro?" NASA has hailed this as the best example of the commercialization of space since the cordless drill. "Given the Human Exploration and Development of Space initiative, we need to prepare for the day when infants will live in LEO (low earth orbit) -- this is one small step for John, Jr, but a giant leap for space research," a NASA manager at Houston said, who wished to remain anonymous. This official continued, "Funding for the ISS is pretty iffy so we are not sure if there will be money to keep the plumbing working so we may need some of those diapers up there."