Apparently, NASA sent a memo to its employees at the Johnson Space Center asking for their urine so they, NASA, could use it to test the Orion space capsule. How much urine? 30 liters per day, including weekends. Disposal of urine for up to six months would be required if Orion is to work as planned.
Alert reader nettamere adds a link to story at Discovery.com, excerpting: "Donations will be treated with a chemical that can hold solid particulates in the liquid so they don't clog up the tubing in microgravity, said Leo Makowski, company spokesman for Hamilton Sundstrand, a contractor designing the new spaceship's toilet. ... "It's difficult to come up with a faux urine, explained NASA's Jim Lewis, the systems manager overseeing development of Orion's potty. 'That's why we depend on collections.'"
Just 'cause it's here and begging for me to write in it.
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That's http://greeneggpage.com/. Head over there now or I'll club this baby seal!
Well...duh! Did anyone think Apple was doing it as a public service?
Next up: Publishers put nice pictures on their book covers so you will buy them. Bastards!!
Mox
anyway 1) this doesnt make sense now that RAM is so relatively cheap vs the entire cost of the console 2) yes the constant specs are definately a +ve of consoles that MS f**ks with at their peril.
now back on topic:
IMHO has botched the launch of the xbox2 by not including the HD-DVD-ROM, they should have waited a few months for this and several other things to be included.
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