Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: When the sh*t hits the fan - literally! |
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Space station toilet on the fritz
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/27/space.toilet.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The international space station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.
Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with a jury-rigged system when they need to urinate.
While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working, according to NASA. Since then, the liquid waste gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off.
Fortunately, the solid waste collecting part is functioning normally.
Russian officials don't know the cause of the problem, and the crew has been unable to fix it. |
Lol they've got a bunch of PHD's up in orbit an they can't fix a damn electric fan? Well, if somehow they manage to suffocate in their own waste, they just might be the first ever proven case of fan death (or 2nd, if you count John Lennon) |
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