I read a story this morning...I can't remember where, that the toilet on ISS has had a broken pump for the past 5 days...they were rushing the 35# pump from Russia to FL and in order to get it onto the shuttle, they were considering leaving off a set of wrenches so that they had some place to put the pump.
The pump was brought into the country in a diplomatic bag...
Then again...maybe I just dreamed it all and should start writing science fiction ;-)
Roger WA1KAT ----- Original Message ----- From: w7lrd@comcast.net To: "AMSAT-BB" AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Shuttle question
Hello I'm sure this question has been bounced around the BB in past. I simply
don't recall (senior moment) the results. With all the TONS of stuff they regularly pack up there, it seems logical (another senior moment), that an extra few pounds wouldn't even be noticed, maybe even more than a few pounds. Then we can figure a way to get it even higher than the ISS. Just thinking of a way to get more of a foot in the shuttle door.
73 Bob W7LRD Seattle
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