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Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:38 GMT
Since they seem to be p!$$ing in the wind, drop the ISS down to a level and scope up the urine.
And no, I'm not taking the p!$$
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:38 GMT
"this presents something of a watershed in the ISS' history"
i see what you're doing there :)
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:38 GMT
Are you taking the piss? or are you just extracting the urine (as a nerd would say)
im sure the end result beats what is in most bottled water these days.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:38 GMT
Since they seem to be p!$$ing in the wind, drop the ISS down to a level and scope up the urine.
And no, I'm not taking the p!$$
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:22 GMT
Why not direct the shuttle towards a passing asteroid to extract some water?
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:22 GMT
or is the adolescent bodily-function humour in these stories getting a touch old?
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:22 GMT
I seem to remember the Urine Processor Assembly was a much simpler device in Waterworld.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:22 GMT
...fly up some Budweiser - they'll never know the difference...
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:22 GMT
I wouldn't have wanted to be the first person to realise it wasn't working...
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 19:30 GMT
.. to purify the water? Using a semi permeable membrane that only lets through water molecules (already developed) and is Bob your mothers brother? Am I missing a trick here?