May 28 2008Space Station's $19 Million Toilet Is Broken
Well folks, the 7-year old, $19 million shitter aboard the International Space Station is acting up. Although truthfully they've only had problems with the urine collection system. The solid waste part is still holding it down (thankfully), but there's no telling for how long. And I thought the plumber that charged me $60 an hour to fish out a couple G.I. Joe figures my son flushed down the john was highway robbery. This thing probably requires a $1 million/hour plumber. NASA is currently considering the best course of action, and the astronauts are currently considering getting the fuck back to earth.
Space station's toilet begins to fail, panic sinking in [engadget]
Thanks to Shawn, who uses a Gatorade bottle like a real man
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Reader Comments
1. Matt Crist - May 28, 2008 12:20 PM
Cant they just piss into aquafina bottles? Thats what I do when I go on long road trips.
2. damn luddites - May 28, 2008 12:23 PM
geek-writer has a kid! isn't that a sign of the apocalypse?
3. Stephen Hawkins - May 28, 2008 12:25 PM
Thats what the Russians would do, Americans need to make it complicated.
4. Jason - May 28, 2008 12:48 PM
Fine. I saw the link to "Geekologie writer" on the superficial and thought the masked man might finally be revealed.
5. a - May 28, 2008 12:52 PM
um when did you guys start annoyingly adding your own comments to the pictures like perez hilton
6. Elmo - May 28, 2008 7:15 PM
do they sick that tube up your ass and suck the crap out?
7. Pete - May 29, 2008 10:14 AM
This post just made me fall about laughing.
Say, random thought, anyone ever made any space porn?
potential for a 2girls1cup up in tharr.
8. guate6 - May 29, 2008 10:29 AM
#1: unless there's been a huge change in the way things run, last I understood, Aquafina bottles don't come with vacuums. Yeah you can pee into the bottle, but there's nothing from making it stay down or even stay in the bottle. Having said that, my member wouldn't even begin to fit in the tiny opening they make for those things. Even the Gatorade ones area tight fit, so no soap there either.
Man, that's a lot of money for a toilet. Why not just a super advanced shopvac? One that won't suck your brain out of your anus? Stupid NASA people...