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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See? I told them to build a Portal Potty, but would they listen? Oh no!
Diapers are just a stopgap measure.
You’re gonnareally see something when they run out of diapers. Its not like they have an enormous suppply of them on the station. Plus then factor in the smell in the station, and having to be in your own waste for periods of time.
Three words hardly seen in the same sentence: Russian Quality Assurance....
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Plus they are big and eat a hearty potato based diet.
Weightlessness sucks. The simulated gravity of those sci-fi giant rotating wheel space stations would provide benefits that include normal toilets.
“I thought they could jettison into space.”
They probably are. The stuff will hit the earth’s gravity and completely burn up on entry. But that will cause Gore to go nuts. (Which isn’t a huge jump)
rwood
I’ll stay on terra firma, thank you.
LOL
TMI
I loved those Tom Swift books. Wish I could find a set.
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So I guess they can’t just hang their tushes out the windows then.
“The Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Waste Disposal System”
And of course it’s only a coincidence that the thing craps out right as the BBT series comes to an end.
Time for a space kick practice session. Carefully bag it up and kick it towards the sun. lol
In the old days we used to “honey dip” septic tanks when they got too full of sand to work right. Only one way to fix it, bend a shovel at 90 degrees, add a longer handle and shovel it out using a bucket. Labeled as “honey dipping” back then. lol
“...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.”
Flip it around and it might make for the punch line of a good joke.
Tom Swift. They were great books think I read them all.
“So I guess they can’t just hang their tushes out the windows then.”
They could, but only once.
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Flip it around and it might make for the punch line of a good joke.
Or insert a Russian squat toilet joke. Ha ha.
So the Russians are full of carp. Nothing new. However when asked about their toilet and whether it will continue to work, they said “Depends”.
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