TechAmok Forum Index TechAmok
Independent Technology News
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

NASA drops $19m on Russian toilets for American astronauts

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    TechAmok Forum Index -> Comments
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
topicmaker
Veteran
Veteran


Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Posts: 25815
PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:06 am    Post subject: NASA drops $19m on Russian toilets for American astronauts Reply with quote
>
So apparently

NASA has agreed to purchase toilet technology from the Russian company RSC
Energia for the tidy sum of $19 million, to be delivered to the ISS in 2008
in preparation for a crew upsizing from three to six members. The previous
system required that urine tanks be transfered to cargo ships and burned up in...read more
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    TechAmok Forum Index -> Comments All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2016 phpBB Group