Houston, We Have A Plumbing Problem

Nasa Toilet  The only toilet on the International Space Station is broken.
by Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 27, 2008 - 9:25 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, May 27, 2008 - 10:01 pm CST
The international space station has a plumbing
problem: the lone toilet is broken. So NASA may make 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.
NASA says the crew has used the toilet on the Soyuz return
capsule, but it has a limited capacity. They are now using a
back-up bag-like collection system that can be connected to the
broken toilet.
A NASA spokesman added, "Like any home anywhere the importance
of having a working bathroom is obvious."

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Huston! We need a big supply of the large Pampers!! when they run out of storage room for the used Pampers they could put them all in a large bag, Like the ones in a diaper genie, and launch them off to the next Galaxy, but wait ! they would shortly run out of drinking water, wouldn’t they? Just imagine, a two three mile long bag of used Pampers hurling though space and if they got caught in Saturn’s rings ?? Talking about scrubbing bath tub and toliet rings off, Whewee, the future generations of space explorers would have their hands full,- so to speak.

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