Posted on 05/28/2008 10:46:19 PM PDT by Westlander
NASA rushed Wednesday to get a special pump on board the shuttle Discovery to fix a balky toilet at the international space station, even as the launch countdown got under way.
The space station’s Russian-built toilet has been acting up for the past week. The three male residents have temporarily bypassed the problem, which involves urine collection and not solid waste.
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i had to ask an attendant where the toilet was when i saw one of these in parma, italy. (it was right in front of me)
Heard that the new and improved version will allow astronauts to process collected urine into drinking water. Yuk!
Nasa to charge astronauts $15.00 for the first bag.
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