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nasa urine recycler is good to go. unfortunately.

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“Houston, we have a problem.”
Eagle this is Houston, what’s poppin? Over?
“Yeah, so.. I float over to where the cooler’s supposed to be, but in it’s place there’s this…I’m looking at this machine labeled “Urine Recycler”. Over.”

Don’t tell me it’s broken again!..

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November 30th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

nasa’s great space coaster

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NASA Launchpad Roller Coaster

NASA is thinking about a new technology to save the lives of astronauts if something goes wrong at launch time. The proposed new emergency escape system is actually based on those vertical drop roller-coasters that have popped up at amusement parks around the country…

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February 24th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob