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NASA halts test of space station urine recycler
Reuters ^
| March 22, 2009
| Irene Klotz
Posted on 03/23/2009 1:07:45 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel
HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - NASA called off tests of the International Space Station's urine recycler on Sunday after problems developed and revamped plans for Monday's spacewalk to fix an improperly installed cargo platform attachment.
Monday's spacewalk is the last of three planned during shuttle Discovery's mission at the space station, which is nearly completed after more than a decade of construction.
The primary goal of Discovery's flight was to deliver and install the station's last set of solar panel wings, which was accomplished on Thursday. The shuttle blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on March 15 for a 13-day mission.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: nasa; pee; recycling; spacewalk; urine
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Happy to report my own recycling device... er, plan, is going along great.
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:08:58 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Owl_Eagle
Worked for Kevin Costner in “Waterworld”!
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:09:07 PM PDT
by
albie
To: Owl_Eagle
They’ll send up Tim Geithner, his plan will work so much better.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:09:41 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: Owl_Eagle
The White House press gang is pretty good at recycling urine, give them a shot.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:09:54 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Obama Fatigue sufferer)
To: Owl_Eagle
To: Owl_Eagle
Pity the astronaut who first detected the thing wasn’t working properly.....
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:12:01 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: albie
And for the Fremen in Dune.
To: Owl_Eagle; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; dighton
NASA called off tests of the International Space Station's urine recycler on Sunday after problems developed Guess what?
Urine trouble!
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:14:45 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
('Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt / Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt)
To: Owl_Eagle
The test is continuing:
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:14:46 PM PDT
by
iowamark
(certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:15:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: Owl_Eagle; Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Ping to your urine list. JRBC has a urine list?
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:17:11 PM PDT
by
Allegra
( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
To: Owl_Eagle
Just add... urine?
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:18:41 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: Constitution Day; Owl_Eagle; Tijeras_Slim; dighton
Not just anyone can ride the Space Station.
It’s a restricted urea.
To: Owl_Eagle
Maybe Rimmer couldn’t work it.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:23:52 PM PDT
by
steve8714
(Drill for oil, drill for gas, drill to heat water in the Earth.)
To: Owl_Eagle
I would rather drink gin and tonics, and I don’t like gin. Okay...the tonic...but I don’t like tonic either.
Oh well.
It certainly won’t be recycled pee though.
To: evets
It does have a little wang to it.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:31:56 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: Owl_Eagle
My understanding is there was a minor glitch on Sunday, but that the unit has been working fine since then. But negative news always leads...
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:33:03 PM PDT
by
PC99
To: Owl_Eagle
B.S….I mean…P.S.
Why the heck are we sending all these folks up into space at my tax expense?
Have they discovered anything new in all these years?
(The answer is “no” of course. They can’t even make pee drinkable.)
To: Owl_Eagle
Do like I do...go outside....uhhhh..eerr, I guess not.
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posted on
03/23/2009 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
freebird5850
(O-Bomba is not the Messia. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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