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All toilets at ISS Break Down, astronauts forced to use 'diapers'
Space Daily ^
| 11/28/2019
Posted on 12/01/2019 10:04:45 AM PST by BenLurkin
There are two toilets at the ISS, both Russian-made - one in the US module and another one in the Russian one.
According to ISS commander Luca Parmitano, the toilet in the US section constantly signals that it is not working, while the one in the Russian module is filled to the maximum.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; iss; lucaparmitano; spacex
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To: BenLurkin
If they can’t get them going...
Will have to bring them all back and
And put the ISS on standby mode
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:19:47 AM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Kipling was right about Humanity)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:22:17 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Never let Sean Connery teach your dog to Sit!)
To: BenLurkin
Bringing a little San Francisco to a space near you!!
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:23:05 AM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: BenLurkin
I like that scene in 2001 where the guy is reading the large list of instructions for the zero gravity toilet.
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:25:03 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
To: carriage_hill
Three words hardly seen in the same sentence: Russian Quality Assurance....
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:26:17 AM PST
by
slapshot
( Speaker Ryan was a sober and less tan version of John Boehner)
To: BenLurkin
Why don’t they just use the outhouse?
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:26:21 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: billorites
It’ll get you from here to Mars!
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:27:30 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: Dilbert San Diego
And as another here noted, don’t they dump into space? Or is that not allowed for environmental reasons? Just dropping it out the door means it has the same speed and therefore same orbit as the ISS. That's a lot of crap flying parallel to you. You need quite a change of speed for reentry. For example, the Space Shuttle required a change in velocity of 200 to 550 feet per second to have its orbit intersect with the atmosphere and start reentry (see Shuttle Crew Operations Manual). Even after Burrito Buffet Night I can't get above 100 feet per second. :-)
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:28:12 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
To: seowulf
There really are 96 bags of human waste on the moon. Who knows how much more is floating around up there. Hopefully it'll burn up before it falls in the middle of a romantic picnic.
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:31:28 AM PST
by
bgill
To: Dilbert San Diego
Because it’s zero gravity, the shit would merely float along side the ISS, eventually coating and breaking stuff on the outside.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:39:30 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: BenLurkin
The orbiter used to be pretty rank when it came back. ISS is probably a hazmat site by now. 💩💭
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:40:00 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: IronJack
Is this a case of HOLY shit?
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:44:57 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: BenLurkin
Diversity can’t fix this!
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:47:51 AM PST
by
cgbg
(The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
To: \/\/ayne
I thought they could jettison into space. I seem to remember that Joe Dirt found one.
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posted on
12/01/2019 10:50:42 AM PST
by
usurper
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To: BenLurkin
Russian made toilets? And didn’t anyone think to have a plunger handy (just kidding on that one...)?
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posted on
12/01/2019 11:02:00 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: BenLurkin
I believe that there was a Big Bang Theory episode like this. It was hilarious.
To: slapshot
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posted on
12/01/2019 11:12:00 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: real saxophonist
Death by space toilet seat.
To: Trump.Deplorable; BenLurkin; Moonman62
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posted on
12/01/2019 11:16:58 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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