Comments on: Toilet aboard International Space Station is broken

By: wildcatherder

wildcatherder — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:01:33 +0000

Basically, one of the robot Soyuz vehicles gets stuffed full of all kinds of waste products from the ISS, from styrofoam packing to body wastes, when it is full, it is sent back down to Earth to make room for the next robot cargo delivery. When a shuttle is docked, wastes are stowed in the cargo bay until the return flight.

By: Big Poopa

Big Poopa — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:56:02 +0000

cowboyz and indianz, man. drop yer draws and let out the poopy. straight up. ya gotta do yer bizniss when ya gotta. i love it when ya call me big poopa. throw ya pee in the air if you’s a true player!

By: Ben Dover

Ben Dover — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:26:08 +0000

evidently, the seal on the fan motor was compromised. The fan motor provides the sucking power within the toilet. The original and intended purpose is to keep urine from moving backward toward the body and throughout the station during normal unination, however during an extended stay in space with an absence of scantily clad attractive women, an astronaut (who shall remain nameless) was attempting to adjust the power output of the fan to suit his personal needs. The voltage in the fan motor assembly is now unstable, as the voltage regulator / modulator unit was broken after moving the power level past acceptable limits.

ISS Director was heard as asking the medical officer “jeesus, why aren’t we giving these guy’s salt peter?”

By: retarded

retarded — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:17:13 +0000

They should just connect a hose directly to the outside to their Buttholes

By: IveOnlyHadaCoupleOcifer

IveOnlyHadaCoupleOcifer — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:09:42 +0000

Call in the high $ blue collar boyz!

By: Torrence

Torrence — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:01:35 +0000

they really ought to have a poo fight so they don’t over use the toilet. americans vs. russians. russians would probably win with all that sausage and vodka and potatos, but we’d put up a good fight with all our weird genetically-engineered food. they could wear diapers if that didn’t work. i wear a diaper with an atlas missle system.

By: Tony Stephen

Tony Stephen — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:33:20 +0000

Since the ISS is the pioneer of space exploration and a colony of Mother Earth, it is only fitting that the ISS is in need of a “Super Duper Pooper Scooper.”

I am the former tech writer for the Nike missiles series, parts of the Atlas missile system, and procedures for recovery of the shuttle booster tank.

Tony Stephen

By: mike

mike — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:25:31 +0000

in their space suit…. sure!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:22:18 +0000

Cannot they just go outside to take crap??

By: Shimmy

Shimmy — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:16:09 +0000

I will poop on my head and eat the monkey tail!

By: Thiagu

Thiagu — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:06:51 +0000

I have a great idea, why can’t a machine discovered that takes the yellow water and converts into space station fuel :)

As of now, I have no idea how all the #1 and # 2 is being handled in the station. Are they droping it directly into earth when the shuttle returns ?

By: The Fed

The Fed — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:23:03 +0000

Mom, I don’t think I wanna be an astronaut after all…

By: wildcatherder

wildcatherder — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:18:19 +0000

Good point. Nice attention to detail which is missing from article. By the way, there would be no “yellow rain” but rather a yellow mist as liquids form globes in zero gravity and split upon contact into smaller and smaller and smaller until the the entire atmosphere is “pissed”.

By: ??

?? — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:13:00 +0000

you can’t be serious

By: x

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:09 +0000

O.o you confused number 1 and number 2. 2=poop.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:33:31 +0000

I was wondering what that yellow rain was.

By: victor monsalve

victor monsalve — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:31:57 +0000

….or water the plants….

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:53:59 +0000

Oof…that would be harsh. Maybe they can have a “hold your pee for a wii” contest to encourage the astronauts from going to the bathroom. Too bad they can’t go outside on the porch and just let it fly.