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Title: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 03:17
[span class="Font_size_C Font_style_B Font_color_A"]WASHINGTON - The International Space Station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go.

            [/span]                                                                   [div id="articleBodyContent" class="articleBody"]                                                               [span class="Font_color_B"][/span]So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week. Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with a jury-rigged system when they need to urinate.NASA says while one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working.[/p]Since then, the liquid waste gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off.[/p]Fortunately, the solid waste collecting part is functioning normally.[/p]Russian officials don't know the cause of the problem and the crew has been unable to fix it.[/p]The crew has used the toilet on the Soyuz return capsule, but it has a limited capacity. They are now are using a back-up bag-like collection system that can be connected to the broken toilet, according to NASA public affairs officials.[/p]"Like any home anywhere the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said.
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Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Sportsdude on May 29 08 03:29
Damn too bad they can't open a window. This sets back space travel. lol

 
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lise on May 29 08 03:31
Just pee and let it go out the airlock. What's so hard about that?
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 03:33
I think the problem is containing the pee.  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Sportsdude on May 29 08 03:34
 It will freeze become hard ice and break stuff like satellites's, space ships, and the international space station. Last thing the world needs is a castrophe in space causing mass panic down here and anarchy because stuff starts falling from the sky.    
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lise on May 29 08 03:35
Why would anyone want to contain the pee? OK, in space, when one pees..... I'm assuming it just balls up into some kinda ball-liquid. So you just shove the wee bits into a container and then flush it out the airlock.  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lise on May 29 08 03:36
Killer pees. LOL.
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 03:37
When you pee, the droplets float up and don't necessarily go into the container.  Hence the need for the suction fan motor (the one that's borken).  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lise on May 29 08 03:38
Solution: get someone to manually fan the pees...........? Well, when you're desparate enough, you'd do it.
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 03:41
I think you should volunteer!  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Michel on May 29 08 03:42
   

 
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lise on May 29 08 03:42
* gets fan ready *

  For God and Country! *salutes*  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 05:04
 Michel wrote:
lol the catastrophic scenario of SD is funny.
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 It would make a heckuva good disaster movie.
 
 
 

 
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Michel on May 29 08 05:11
   
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 05:15
(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-snow-cat-frozen-pee.jpg).  
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: Michel on May 29 08 05:16
   
 
Title: Re: International Space Station Toilet Broken
Post by: P.C. on May 29 08 05:30
[img style="WIDTH: 332px; HEIGHT: 255px" height=255 src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-snow-cat-frozen-pee.jpg" width=380]

    LOL.  I think there is a Icanhascheeseburger picture for absolutely any and every topic, mood or emotion.  They totally amuse me.