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Space Station Toilet Breaks Down

by Caleb Johnson on July 20, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Imagine 13 people living in a cramped space with a broken toilet. While it might be tolerable for a few years in college, it's just plain miserable if you're in outer space. Or so we'd imagine, anyway. After all, it's pretty tough to find a plumber who will make a house call out there.

According to BBC News, the International Space Station's main toilet (pictured at right) is broken. Endeavor's crew is currently using the shuttle's onboard bathroom, while other astronauts are using a toilet in the Russian part of the space station. NASA told astronauts to hang an 'out of service' sign above the toilet, so we hope that will prevent any disasters involving poo and zero gravity. If all else fails, the crew will resort to using antiquated urine bags from the Apollo era.

Seeing that this is the second time the toilet has been out of commission since it was installed in 2008, NASA might need to add a plumber to its payroll. [From: BBC News]

Tags: funny, nasa, space, space station, SpaceStation, toilet, top

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