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Habemos John! Astronauts Can Boldly Go Again, As ISS Toilet is Fixed
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 8:00 PM on June 5, 2008
Spaceboys who have been crossing their legs in sympathy with the can-less astronauts on the Space Station can relax. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko fixed the toilet after the Discovery space shuttle delivered a new pump to the ISS on Monday. The outer-space loo had been broken for two weeks, and the three-man team had been taking it in turns to swill it out manually with water. "Let's start using it," said Russian mission control to Kononenko, adding hopefully, "we'll keep our fingers crossed." In other space news, a billion-dollar Japanese science lab was opened on the ISS. Called Kibo, or hope, the 11 metre long lab is one of the largest rooms on the ISS, but will not be up and running until its porch arrives next year. [CNN]
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Mith
Posted 9:04 PM 5/6/08
Oh they can relax alright..
Gentlemen relax your sphincters! the toilet is fixed! We dont have to evactuate.. but we DO have to evacuate!!!
... me first
Mith
unspellable
Posted 9:18 PM 5/6/08
...y tenemos Gingo.
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AddyDugdale
Posted 9:53 PM 5/6/08
It's actually Latin. I nick all my best lines from the Vatican - "Habemos Papa" is what the cardinals say when they've chosen who's next up for the catholic church's top job. PS. I'm contemplating throwing my biretta into the ring when they're next on the hunt for God's CEO. Having spent over a year ministering to my Gizmodo flock, it should be a doddle.
AddyDugdale
Slap Bet
Posted 9:40 PM 5/6/08
Yeah... Addy you probably want either Hay (there is or there are) john, or tenemos which is like we have as in possess. Haber is used for like "I have found" or "I have been"
Slap Bet
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:22 PM 5/6/08
That'll teach 'em not to make "Space Chili".
Also known as "Reaction Control Chili".
strider_mt2k
sandmanfvr
Posted 10:15 PM 5/6/08
A Russian fixes it. Damn, they are resourceful.
sandmanfvr
Navin R Johnson
Posted 10:46 PM 5/6/08
So the first person to use the toilet can say they've "Boldly gone where no man has gone before".
-Sorry for that.
Navin R Johnson
Dook_In_The_Urinal
Posted 10:39 PM 5/6/08
@AddyDugdale:
I hear you have to be a virgin to fill that position......
Dook_In_The_Urinal
pkinsale
Posted 10:35 PM 5/6/08
Well, if it's Latin, it should be "Habemus" -- as in "Habemus papam."
pkinsale
fly boy
Posted 11:00 PM 5/6/08
@Navin R Johnson: nothing beats the 'Captain's Log' comment from yesterday.
It deserves some kind of Giz Award. Can you imagine that on Engadget?
fly boy
dingus
Posted 12:10 AM 6/6/08
All this talk of fixing a space toilet and no mention of Roger Wilco, Space Janitor
dingus
ripfire4
Posted 1:18 AM 6/6/08
**Krsh-beep**
"Freeeeeeedddddooooooooooommmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
ripfire4
IrisMR
Posted 1:15 AM 6/6/08
Space. SPACE. And there's just one bathroom? At least you should have a spare one somewhere...
Look, your oxygen tanks can explode, you can get invaded by aliens, the sun can blow up in your face, a meteoroid can pierce your shell but you should NEVER be stuck without a proper throne! SHAME!
IrisMR
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 1:02 AM 6/6/08
@dingus: I think that's the only Sierra game I ever actually finished. No idea how any of those King's Quest games ended.
GeekyNerdGuy
VakeroRokero
Posted 2:30 AM 6/6/08
yesterday, a big flying shit shit landed on my favorite t-shirt. I felt it was to big for a bird and there were no planes around, so I guess it was from an astronaut.. thanks a lot commander...
VakeroRokero
unspellable
Posted 8:46 PM 6/6/08
@AddyDugdale: Entonces: 'tenemos catolica', 'tenemos italiana', o 'tenemos papa-cita'.
unspellable