NPR: Linkfest: Space Station Needs a Plumber

Linkfest: Space Station Needs a Plumber

The, um, facilities on the International Space Station have gone out of order. While astronauts attempt a repair, they're using the more limited loo in the Soyuz capsule that serves as a lifeboat for the station. Meanwhile, company's coming -- the space shuttle Discovery, with a crew of seven, is scheduled to launch on Saturday. At least the shuttle has its own W.C.

It's the Ramble.

New challenge for Space Station crew: a broken toilet/ Sharon Stone films banned in China after "karma" comment/ Pagan tomb under St. Peter's Basilica reopened/ "Andy Griffith" composer dies at 88

Laura Conaway

7:41 AM ET | 05-28-2008 | permalink

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