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Article #7356Re: DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet
From: Michael F. Santangelo
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 22:37
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 22:37
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matthew@phantom.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca) writes: >In article <schumach.726431013@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes: >>Uhhh... why didn't NASA just reuse the Skylab toilet on Shuttle? >Probably because nobody wanted to go to Australia and pick up all the pieces. >:-) Oh, that was cruel. :-) But, let me ask (since I don't know the specifics): how well did the Skylab toilet work and what does the new $23M Shuttle toilet do that the Skylab didn't do? There is also a reference to the Gemini program in this thread, what did they do? Thanks. -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu [work] Computer & Network Systems Head + mike@kavishar.umd.edu [home] Univ MD: CEES / CBL (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC [fwd to mike@cbl]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!cbl.umd.edu!starburst.umd.edu!mike From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: DC-1 and the $23M NASA Toilet Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:37:08 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1iibakINNic6@cbl.umd.edu> References: <1ige15INN30a@cbl.umd.edu> <C0H1n3.9ML@zoo.toronto.edu> <schumach.726431013@convex.convex.com> <1ii451INN71d@phantom.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: starburst.umd.edu