It’s also a weight thing. Tampons are pretty light, it’s like one hundred per pound, so they probably said “we can budget x pounds for this” and didn’t think much about the reasoning behind why they’re sending several hundred tampons into space, but we’re entirely focused on how.
There’s also the point that they don’t go bad. It might be easier to send a load up now, that try and fit enough for each female astronaut into every flight.
It’s also a weight thing. Tampons are pretty light, it’s like one hundred per pound, so they probably said “we can budget x pounds for this” and didn’t think much about the reasoning behind why they’re sending several hundred tampons into space, but we’re entirely focused on how.
There’s also the point that they don’t go bad. It might be easier to send a load up now, that try and fit enough for each female astronaut into every flight.