Crossed Legs on the Space Station
31-05-2008, 18:31
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Crossed Legs on the Space Station
Apparently the toilet on the international space station has packed up after a loud thudding noise - must have been a good curry 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...s_asu_failure/
In space, there is no gravity to take over so the loo works by suction. Maybe the proverbial stuff hit the fan 
I'm surprised this doesn't seem to have been covered so far - some of you punmeisters are really slacking 
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31-05-2008, 18:44
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
Guess they'll be desperate for the next Space Sh*ttle visit then...
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31-05-2008, 19:30
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
They said on the news earlier that it was now being worked manually "the loo works by suction" anyone else suddenly feeling off their tea  .
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31-05-2008, 20:45
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
I remember reading once that the suits astronauts use outside are equipped with...facilities, mind you hopefully they each have their own.
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31-05-2008, 21:56
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
Well if they're chucking it out of the airlocks then the stratcom guys are going to have some interesting new bits of space debris to catalogue
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01-06-2008, 01:02
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
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Well if they're chucking it out of the airlocks then the stratcom guys are going to have some interesting new bits of space debris to catalogue |
After watching Apollo 13 I thought thats what they did do, with liquid waste anyway?
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01-06-2008, 01:30
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
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After watching Apollo 13 I thought thats what they did do, with liquid waste anyway?
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Not anymore they dont, no.
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01-06-2008, 03:07
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Well it'll definitely be a case of beware of the floaters 
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01-06-2008, 06:47
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
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Originally Posted by Rob
Apparently the toilet on the international space station has packed up after a loud thudding noise - must have been a good curry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...s_asu_failure/
In space, there is no gravity to take over so the loo works by suction. Maybe the proverbial stuff hit the fan
I'm surprised this doesn't seem to have been covered so far - some of you punmeisters are really slacking |
I think they'll need one of these.
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07-06-2008, 23:19
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Re: Crossed Legs on the Space Station
Sighs of relief ...
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Russian flight engineer Oleg Kononenko was able to replace the broken urine collection pump in a 2 hour repair job yesterday (Wednesday) and specialists in Moscow checked his work to verify it was working fine.
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http://www.universetoday.com/2008/06...ss/#more-14846
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