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(clogged $90 million) Space Toilet Gives Astronauts Smelly Time in Orbit
Scientific American ^
| 7/14/11
| Denise Chow and SPACE.com
Posted on 07/15/2011 5:25:32 AM PDT by Libloather
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Can't they just hold it?
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:29:30 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Libloather
A new look at the term: “something stinks to high heaven.”
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:30:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: theDentist
Astronauts: Theirs stinks, too.
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:31:38 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: theDentist
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:32:05 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:34:16 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:35:31 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:36:06 AM PDT
by
RangerM
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:37:12 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Libloather
After docking, the two crews prepared a special feast..Russkis served borscht, the Americans chili...gawd....
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:39:04 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Save the earth..it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
To: Libloather
90 mil for a toilet! What a way to go.
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:39:20 AM PDT
by
Cowman
(How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
To: Libloather
Sure hope the crew didn’t get into the freeze dried chili.
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:40:31 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Do peeps that drive Smart Cars on freeways have a death wish? If not, they better have spare undies.)
To: Libloather
What we need is more lectures by the head of NASA about the positive contributions of Islam to the space program. Who needs working toilets when you can be reshaping society?
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:45:41 AM PDT
by
Rocky
(REPEAL IT!)
To: Libloather
What’s needed here is a-
.
.
.
“Snake on a (Space) Plane”
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:45:41 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Sh_ttlecraft)
To: Libloather
Is that the Pishkin-Wolowitz waste disposal system?
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:46:40 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Its a matter of public record that I did not go to Harvard Law School, but I can add. - Sarah Palin)
To: Cowman
What a way to go.
Apparently not.
And just as apparently, going with the lowest-bidder's
"Algor-Laurie David-Sheryl Crow" model was also not the way to go.
One of the astronauts should have been smart enough to chip in the
extra dollar and go with the next lowest bidder...
To: Cowman
This is why folks are against the space program. It is not space exploration we are against, it is 90 million dollar toilets, 2 million dollar hammers, etc.
Like the story years ago, no idea if it is true, that we spent millions to develop a pen to write in space... the soviets just gave their astronauts pencils.
I doubt that Russia has a 90 million dollar space toilet on their station. If if that is the reported price, you know it is twice that in reality, plus the design cost of another 15 million, and a 20 million dollar procurement fee.
Just saying. I’m all for space travel, but we as Americans sure do pay a premium price, and for all of the innovations that have come from space, it seems the Japanese and Chinese have benefited the most from our advancements.
But, hey, what do I know, I’m just your average taxpayer, I’m sure the NASA types will point out to me how wrong I have it.
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posted on
07/15/2011 5:56:41 AM PDT
by
esoxmagnum
(The rats have been trained to pull the D voting lever to get their little food pellet)
To: KevinDavis
Thanks Libloather. Always a good idea to take along a wet vac.
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posted on
07/15/2011 6:10:32 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: esoxmagnum
no idea if it is true, that we spent millions to develop a pen to write
in space... the soviets just gave their astronauts pencils.
Not true. The "Space Pen" was a private endeavor.
NASA provisioned mech pencils, but everything was supposed be
US-built, and the Japanese were making the best, most suited
to the application, that is, lower chance of lead breaking and
causing a potential inhalation hazard in micro gravity.
As such, NASA didn't "highlight" the Japanese pencils on the
missions for fear of some congress-critter insisting that
less-than-suitable US-made pencils be used.
To: Libloather
Hey buddy, how about a courtesy flush now and then!
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posted on
07/15/2011 6:12:09 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(“I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.” Edwin Edwards)
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