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more about #spacestation more comments → cmaceachen: "Labor Day was created to encourage Americans to work more" No it wasn't. It started in Canada as Labor Unions fought for a 9-hour work day. more » Curves: I am loving the moon smoke detector. Why don't we have designer smoke detectors? Is there a law that says they have to be ugly or do we just have no... more » farcedude: And according to CBS Space Place (really good source for space news), it's fixed. http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html more » Sora57 is OK: The engineers failed to appreciate the gravity of the shituation. more » Curves: I dont know the current gender mix on the station, but back here on earth, the line for the ladies room is always longer than the mens. In fact, just ... more » N1k0s: The toilet isn't broken -- it's just that the Russians didn't tell the Americans that it only accepts rubles. more » yungjerry703: just jiggle the handle a little bit. more » Ogami: I wonder NASA and Russian space agency tested the ISS toilet on Earth for 13 people... Even for a regular home toilet, 13 people using it regularly i... more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: If there's one thing that gets me madder than fish grease, it's when the Colbert is down. How do you read while using a bag? more » infmom: Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun, A man whose allegiance Is ruled by expedience. Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown. "Ha, Nazi Sch... more » soysoy: I can't express how happy I am to hear someone else admit they went to space camp. It's usually a lonely club to be in. more » bosskev: In the cutaway view of the "Space Odyssey" ring, I count some two dozen personnel--100% of them men and, as best I can tell, 100% of them white. * sig... more » Bos'un's Mate: I understand Jerry Stiller will christen both Serenity and the Colbert. more » OMG! DEITY!: Am I the only one who thinks he is way to rehearsed and unfunny? more » Chewbenator: Bah, should be the Jon Stewart commemorative jon. more » -
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No Rest for NASA Astronauts This Labor Day Weekend
Ironically, Labor Day was created to encourage Americans to work more. Nowadays, most of us take the day/long weekend off, but not NASA astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang. More » -
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From Swimsuits to Braces: Everyday Gadgets Inspired by Otherworldly NASA Inventions
What do a Black & Decker cordless drill, smoke detectors and even Speedo's controversial record-breaking LZR swimsuit have in common? Here's a hint: Look up. More » -
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"Out of Order" Sign Graces ISS Toilet As 13 Cramped Spacefarers Share Two Stalls
Following another space-related toilet malfunction, there are currently 13 astronauts and cosmonauts sharing two toilets in orbit around the earth. More » -
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The Space Station We Were Supposed To Get 40 Years Ago
Across the Space Frontier is one of the most beautiful—if wildly inaccurate—books on space travel, mostly American space-race propaganda. Here are cutaways of the space station and rocket promised to be active by 1970.
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NASA To Reveal ISS Node Name On Colbert's Show This Tuesday
The mystery and pseudo-controversy surrounding the ISS's unnamed node ends this Tuesday, when astronaut Sunita Williams will go on The Colbert Report to tell the world what NASA has decided to do. More » -
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NASA Testing Next Generation Firefighting Gear for Fires... In Spaaace!
In space, no one can hear you scream "Fire." Not that it'd matter, as few people could recognize a microgravity fire anyway. This means space firefighting gear needs to be special. NASA is on it. More » -
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NASA Nearly Bombs Australia With 1400lb Ammonia Tank
Jettisoned over a year ago and expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere on its own time somewhere in the beginning of November, one of the ISS's retired coolant tanks has careened through the Earth's atmosphere in the skies off the coast of Australia. Two lucky things happened here: the reentry took place — and this was completely up to chance — over water, and the atmosphere broke the 1400lb tank into lots of small pieces. More » -
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SpaceStation Organizer Looks Futuristically Minimal
We've seen our fair share of organizers over the years—especially since we live next door to those good-naturedly anal folks at Lifehacker—but this SpaceStation seems like it's the most minimal that we've seen yet. The system consists of a long, rubberized pad to lay your electronics on top of and a hollow bottom with USB Hub for you to coil all your USB cables around. The end result is a clean surface on top, but a slightly more organized bottom as well. If you were handy, you could probably build one of these yourself for slightly less than the $79 price tag, but it won't look nearly as nice. [Bedlounge] More »
