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+ Show Spoiler +Space station crew to NASA: Send plumber soon WASHINGTON (AP) -- The international space station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. 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. While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working, according to NASA. Since then, the liquid waste gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off. Fortunately, the solid waste collecting part is functioning normally. Russian officials don't know the cause of the problem and the crew has been unable to fix it. 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. "Like any home anywhere the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said. The 7-year-old toilet has broken once before but not for as long a time, said Johnson Space Center spokeswoman Nicole Cloutier in Houston. Discovery is already set for launch Saturday with a planned docking with the space station on Monday. Cloutier said NASA officials are considering having some parts flown to Cape Canaveral and placed in the shuttle during its countdown, an unusual and delicate situation. Because the shuttle's payload weight is limited and balance carefully calculated, it will be tricky to try to figure out where the parts can go, said Kennedy Space Center spokesman Bill Johnson Discovery's main payload, a 32,000-pound Japanese laboratory addition, is so big that the shuttle's boom sensor system had to be removed to make room for the lab. --- On the Net: NASA: http://www.nasa.gov© 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.
unlucky there... well they could open hatch and throw liquid to space :D
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Fuckin ET visiting and laying down the law on the toilet again? Or either an astrounaut musta ate some mexican food before visiting...
I dont get it there's a solid waste department differenct then the liquid waste?
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I think it has to do with the fact that liquid is harder to contain in zero gravity, because by definition its particles are less tightly bonded. Solids with a good/stable pressure will still stay solid (as one thing) in 0 gravity. I think the liquid thing requires a strong pressure to "suck" the liquid into one place.
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lol they may be super matematicians a phisicians but they cant repair a toilet XD
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AhahA bubble pee flying everywhere
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Poor astronauts and cosmonauts. =(
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Here's your problem:
While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week
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Hmm wouldn't taking a dump in space be a messy ordeal? I mean, your ass would push out the shit. But there is no gravity, so wouldn't it just stop moving once it left your anus. Would that mean it may or may not, float back onto your ass. Causing a great mess...
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On May 29 2008 06:25 Krohm wrote: Hmm wouldn't taking a dump in space be a messy ordeal? I mean, your ass would push out the shit. But there is no gravity, so wouldn't it just stop moving once it left your anus. Would that mean it may or may not, float back onto your ass. Causing a great mess...
Don't lie, you know you'd laugh when your giant turd came floating back across the room
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On May 29 2008 06:20 !BigBlind! wrote:Here's your problem: Whats wrong? Most of NASA's rocket technology comes from russian design and making, most of Russia's space technology is the most high tech and applicable then pretty much any other nation on earth including the U.S. These are the same guys that were the first to send a dog and a man to space. I don't really believe in the moon landing thing, but it still deosn't change about my original point.
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On May 29 2008 07:12 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 06:20 !BigBlind! wrote:Here's your problem: While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week Whats wrong? Most of NASA's rocket technology comes from russian design and making, most of Russia's space technology is the most high tech and applicable then pretty much any other nation on earth including the U.S. These are the same guys that were the first to send a dog and a man to space. I don't really believe in the moon landing thing, but it still deosn't change about my original point.
The end of your statement just made what you said just cancels out everything else you said.
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On May 29 2008 06:27 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 06:25 Krohm wrote: Hmm wouldn't taking a dump in space be a messy ordeal? I mean, your ass would push out the shit. But there is no gravity, so wouldn't it just stop moving once it left your anus. Would that mean it may or may not, float back onto your ass. Causing a great mess... Don't lie, you know you'd laugh when your giant turd came floating back across the room Definitely.
But it wouldn't be as funny in the case of diarrhea.
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On May 29 2008 07:12 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 06:20 !BigBlind! wrote:Here's your problem: While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week Whats wrong? Most of NASA's rocket technology comes from russian design and making, most of Russia's space technology is the most high tech and applicable then pretty much any other nation on earth including the U.S. These are the same guys that were the first to send a dog and a man to space. I don't really believe in the moon landing thing, but it still deosn't change about my original point. "oh and also also all the bullshit about the holocaust, but that's neither here nor there."
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On May 29 2008 07:14 Slaughter)BiO wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 07:12 nimysa wrote:On May 29 2008 06:20 !BigBlind! wrote:Here's your problem: While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week Whats wrong? Most of NASA's rocket technology comes from russian design and making, most of Russia's space technology is the most high tech and applicable then pretty much any other nation on earth including the U.S. These are the same guys that were the first to send a dog and a man to space. I don't really believe in the moon landing thing, but it still deosn't change about my original point. The end of your statement just made what you said just cancels out everything else you said.
Not really, it still deosn't change the fact that most rocket technology used by NASA is of russian design and not just the U.S but China and many other countries. '
And Headbangaa don't be ridicules, denying the moon landing is not on the same level as that of denying the holocaust.
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On May 29 2008 21:29 Tacticas wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 06:27 Hawk wrote:On May 29 2008 06:25 Krohm wrote: Hmm wouldn't taking a dump in space be a messy ordeal? I mean, your ass would push out the shit. But there is no gravity, so wouldn't it just stop moving once it left your anus. Would that mean it may or may not, float back onto your ass. Causing a great mess... Don't lie, you know you'd laugh when your giant turd came floating back across the room Definitely. But it wouldn't be as funny in the case of diarrhea.
Touche
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I knew this thread would come out to turn nasty....Talking about the nasty I drank some cheap beer last night with some chicken and macaroni/cheese and damn did that come out pretty nasty this morning...I still have some settling..Damn cheap beer
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wtf, i dont think this guy could get more off topic if he tried and lol at mario :D
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On May 29 2008 21:52 nimysa wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2008 07:14 Slaughter)BiO wrote:On May 29 2008 07:12 nimysa wrote:On May 29 2008 06:20 !BigBlind! wrote:Here's your problem: While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week Whats wrong? Most of NASA's rocket technology comes from russian design and making, most of Russia's space technology is the most high tech and applicable then pretty much any other nation on earth including the U.S. These are the same guys that were the first to send a dog and a man to space. I don't really believe in the moon landing thing, but it still deosn't change about my original point. The end of your statement just made what you said just cancels out everything else you said. Not really, it still deosn't change the fact that most rocket technology used by NASA is of russian design and not just the U.S but China and many other countries. ' And Headbangaa don't be ridicules, denying the moon landing is not on the same level as that of denying the holocaust.
welcome to the internet! dont you see it was a joke? we all know that russia has extensive experience in space technology
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