Oh Crap - Literally
From
Associated Press:
Astronauts deal with flooded toilet in orbit
The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet.
One of two commodes aboard the international space station broke down, right in the middle of complicated robotic work being conducted by the two crews. The pump separator apparently flooded.
Mission Control advised the astronauts to hang an "out of service" sign on the toilet until it could be fixed. In the meantime, the six space station residents had to get in line to use their one good toilet. And Endeavour's seven astronauts were restricted to the shuttle bathroom.
There have never been so many people � 13 � together in space.
And it's not like you can just run down to Home Depot for a couple of parts...
Hat tip to the
Puppy Blender for the link.
Posted by DaveH at July 19, 2009 8:14 PM