NASA Purchases $19M Russian Space Toilet

there are no words to say…the subject line said it all.

via Slashdot by CmdrTaco on Jul 09, 2007

Gary writes “NASA has paid $19 million for a Russian-built international space station toilet system. The toilet system, similar to the one already in use in the station’s Zvezda Service Mdule, is scheduled to arrive at the space station in 2008 and will offer more privacy for a crew expected to double from three to six by 2009. The space station toilet physically resembles those used on Earth, except it has leg restraints and thigh bars to keep astronauts and cosmonauts from floating away. NASA says purchasing the multi million dollar toilet is a bargain compared to developing one from scratch.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.