Space Plumbers

The space shuttle Endeavor is zooming towards the International Space Station with plumbers on board. Can you believe it? We always knew that plumbers were on the front lines protecting the health of the nation - now we're into outer space. Very cool.

In the New York Times article describing the plans to expand the space station's facilities so that it could accommodate six people rather than the usual three, we noticed they mentioned the "ick factor." Every plumber knows about the ick factor. In this case, they were talking about recycling urine to provide drinking water. (Don't gag! It could come to that in California.)

Anyway, mention of this particular icky thing inspired us to add Dune to our bathroom reading list. Have you read it? It's a pretty good book - check it out.

And remember: if it's yellow, you'll save a little water if you let it mellow, but don't drink it. The technology for that is still a little out there.

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