rockpile Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Discovery, making its way to the international space station, is carrying the orbiting outpost's biggest room by far — Japan's $1 billion lab. The shuttle is also delivering a spare pump for the space station's malfunctioning toilet. shuttle mission Since volume and weight are at a premium, they are also (at my suggestion) taking along a tennis ball for the old plug hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Discovery, making its way to the international space station, is carrying the orbiting outpost's biggest room by far — Japan's $1 billion lab. The shuttle is also delivering a spare pump for the space station's malfunctioning toilet. shuttle mission Since volume and weight are at a premium, they are also (at my suggestion) taking along a tennis ball for the old plug hole! They are doing a surprisingly good job getting these things off in a timely manner the last few years, the hail storm on Atlantis non-withstanding. I was one who thought that this headlong pace of launches was going to get them in big, big trouble. So far, they've pulled it off well. As far as the toilets in space go, Mike Mullane wrote a very funny piece about going to the bathroom in space in his book Riding Rockets. His advice: Get naked, it's much easier to clean skin than a spacesuit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 another waist of the taxpayers money! what has nasa evar givin us?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Coiuld they have just sent some tennis balls up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 How many billions ? And they can't make a toilet that doesn't clog ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 They told Boris to not bring the borscht up with him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseburger_in_paradise Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Saw it launch this time from about 20 miles away. Closest I've ever been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 How many billions ? And they can't make a toilet that doesn't clog ! it's a Russian design, a veritable bargain at $19M A NASA spoke woman said that paying 19 million U.S. dollars for a Russian-built international space station toilet system is a bargain compared to building one from scratch. The toilet system, similar to the one already in use in the station's Zvezda Service Module, is scheduled to arrive at the space station in 2008 and will offer more privacy for a crew expected to double from three to six by 2009. Another plus is astronauts are familiar with how it works because it's similar to one already in place at the space station. The space station toilet will be installed on the American side, and the current toilet system on the Russian side will remain in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 another waist of the taxpayers money! what has nasa evar givin us?!? Well, it has not given us the ability to differentiate the difference between the circumference of your belly and someone's perceived fiscal irresponsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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