Compared to other composting toilets, the OGO is a somewhat premium option at $1,185. The C-Head and Nature’s Head cost $825 and $995, respectively, and that $200-400 difference is not nothing.

NASA’s first Orbiting Geophysics Observatory (OGO-1) had a good run in space, outlasting all its OGO successors to stay aloft for 56 years before finally falling apart in a blaze of glory as it ...