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Comments on: New space station toilet 'out of order'

The new toilet in the U.S. Destiny lab module broke down Sunday, forcing the station crew to use a single Russian toilet and the Endeavour astronauts to use the shuttle's.

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by ti99_forever July 19, 2009 12:17 PM PDT

I sincerely hope that Howard Wolowitz is working on this issue! Along with Sheldon and Leonard!
This is so funny!

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by Tim_Olaguna July 19, 2009 2:03 PM PDT: My exact same thought when I first read the headline. I LOVE that show! Reminds me so much of my friends and roommates during my college years in the early and mid-70s. :^); Like this


by Seaspray0 July 19, 2009 8:31 PM PDT: It's a sh*tty job, but somebody's got to do it.; Like this

by rmva July 19, 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Doesn't the thought of waste water dumps in outer space make you feel all proud and patriotic!

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by timber2005 July 19, 2009 1:31 PM PDT: It does say waste water... and not waste ;); Like this


by Seaspray0 July 19, 2009 8:30 PM PDT: @rmva. I'd call that a close up view of the constelation urion.; Like this


by Talal2000 July 19, 2009 2:27 PM PDT: just peal the WHC sticker off the toilet door and stick it on the main door... when you have to go:
1. open the main door.
2. pee in the space.
3. close the door.

dont forgot to flush!; Like this Reply to this comment


by JigenIII July 19, 2009 5:10 PM PDT: For some reason the Brady Bunch comes to mind.; Like this Reply to this comment

by tektaktyks July 19, 2009 7:51 PM PDT

when u take a poop in space does it float?

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by timber2005 July 19, 2009 8:29 PM PDT: All solid wastes are seperated and send down to earth with all other trash.; Like this


by Sausagebiscuit July 19, 2009 8:34 PM PDT: and end up here on news.com comments; Like this


by tektaktyks July 20, 2009 3:52 PM PDT: @ Sausagebiscuit...after i stopped lol i just want to say im glad u could join us.; Like this

by Lerianis3 July 19, 2009 8:13 PM PDT

I swear..... Can't they even keep a damned toilet running on this space station for more than 3 weeks! It's seems like EVERY DAMNED MONTH the toilets on the space station break down..... why is that? There just isn't any reasonable explanation for that save shoddy workmanship.

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by knowles2 July 20, 2009 7:06 AM PDT: Come on be fair, I have never heard the russians toilet break, just teach you that a copied version is never as good as the original, especially if it built by Americans, and I bet your version probably cost ten times as much to.; Like this


by Lerianis3 July 20, 2009 9:34 AM PDT: I am being 'fair'. The fact is that it is the other way around, the Russian copied OUR space toilet so they must have done it better since theirs doesn't break down every month or less.; Like this

by globalist_agenda July 19, 2009 9:47 PM PDT

Every fricken NASA story is about stuff that is broke. We are supposed to the the world's superpower and we can't even make $10 million toilets work. If alien intelligence is out there it wouldn't waste 5 minutes of time with stupid NASA.

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by knowles2 July 20, 2009 7:07 AM PDT: nope they probably got straight russia who toilets actually work.; Like this


by rdupuy11 July 20, 2009 7:11 AM PDT: say what you want about russians, they make a quality toilet.; Like this Reply to this comment

by Tom_T July 20, 2009 7:36 AM PDT

I wonder what the fix would be for an inop toilet if this was the 2-year mission to/from Mars...and they were about 6 months out from earth?

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by Lerianis3 July 20, 2009 9:35 AM PDT: Good question! A very good question, to be totally honest..... they would have to have a LOT of replacement parts or test the thing so that it could not POSSIBLY break when built correctly.; Like this

by Dr_Zinj July 20, 2009 9:12 AM PDT

Isn't the U.S. toilet called a Colbert?

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by scott2400 July 20, 2009 2:08 PM PDT: No - I believe it's called a Limbaugh.

A Rush to flush will leave your tush in some mush...; Like this


by libertyforall1776 July 20, 2009 12:05 PM PDT: Talk about a ****** problem to have in space! ;-); Like this Reply to this comment


by chonnom July 24, 2009 11:11 AM PDT: they should ask the japanese to make the toilets; heated seats, tush washes, the works....those folks make a quality commode.; Like this Reply to this comment

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