Comments on: Project Urion

By: Pop

Pop — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:58:00 +0000

You should change your name to “Ernest Scribbler,” the hack writer. Did you use all the bad jokes/puns connected with pee? If not, you sure tried. You certainly didn’t water down the attempt in the blog. Keep up the good work.

By: Santiago

Santiago — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:04:04 +0000

30…litres…a day

Man do they really need to do alot of testing!

Also, with all that urine being carried about in small plastic containers I really, really hope there are no err, confusion, incidents.

Good time to quit drinking apple juice folks!

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:11 +0000

I had a friend that was a computer software engineer, and he used to work for SPAR Aerospace. They did a retrofit of the Canadian Forces Hercules. He worked on the software, but he frequently had to go aboard the aircraft. He said the part of the aircraft that needed the most work was the area around the toilet because the urine that had splashed had caused major metal fatigue. So, hopefully the Astronauts “aim to please”, or there could be trouble.

By: The skepTick

The skepTick — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:33:07 +0000

I was there when they had to collect urine for a month to feed their water filtering experiment during the 90-day Lunar-Mars Life Support Test. Folks at JSC Bldg 7 gave daily to a very large jug. After a month of this, the smell was awful and the funnel was looking really weird. But hey, we showed that microbes can be used to clean pee…we just weren’t sure if it would work in zero G.

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:44:02 +0000

So, serious question, here. Do you think that the hydration level of the donors will affect the results? Pee from a well-hydrated individual differs a fair bit from pee of a person suffering from minor dehydration. Could the difference have an effect on the utilities?

By: Geomaniac

Geomaniac — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:06:45 +0000

Very punny…

By: BigBob

BigBob — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:01:46 +0000

You lot are taking the p*%s.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:21:32 +0000

It’s just a flush in the pan…

By: madge

madge — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:16:51 +0000

Will this stop the space programme going down the drain?

By: Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:48:02 +0000

Finally, an excuse to FedEx my urine without receiving a restraining order!

By: Some Canadian Skeptic

Some Canadian Skeptic — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:18:51 +0000

Phil, I’m disapointed. You had a chance to blend government and urine into a pun, and you failed to title the entry, “Oh, say can you pee?”

Still, data stream…very creative.

By: Togan

Togan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:08:36 +0000

I can’t believe you put that many pee jokes into that post!

By: Wildride

Wildride — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:40:40 +0000

Finally that guy from the Monty Python skit can stop bugging the good people at the blood bank now that he has a valid place the make the contribution he’s always wanted.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:02:38 +0000

You don’t need smelly buckets or bottles.
Why not use the waterless urinals and collect the product. I know Americans from the non-dry states think you need 10 gallons to flash away a few salts, but anyway …

By: DLC

DLC — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:54:35 +0000

I’m sure most JSC employees will go with the flow, and alleviate the backlog of experimental need. . . .
and because I can’t resist.

Urine the money! Urine the Money… you got a lot of what it takes to get along!

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:46:14 +0000

Oh hey, and let’s not forget the great state of Mississipee, and the Mississipee River – that’s quite a stream you got flowing there.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:50:43 +0000

IP. UP. We all P for PU.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:47:26 +0000

I pee for beer!

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:11:10 +0000

Did you hear about the 2 new constellations scientists just discovered? Urea Major, and Urea Minor.

By: mandydax

mandydax — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:06:30 +0000

If they could reverse engineer the aliens’ toilets from the Roswell craft, that would be great. I think they store it at Urea 51.

Umair is right, though, there’s a lot of hydrogen in urine, aside from the water. Using it as a propellant could really put the P in JPL.

There once was a man named Sundstrand
Who’s waste recycling was well in hand.
He got thirty litres
From all of his pee-rs
And invented the Sundstrand space-can.

Potty humour, thou art highbrow.

Actually, they should just set up a drop point at a nearby truck stop. Truckers tend to not take pit stops and they just pee in bottles and jugs. It’s become a bad litter problem along some roads.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:15:10 +0000

I guess you have a great thrist for them.

By: Michael L

Michael L — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:08:43 +0000

Davidlpf:
It’s “wetted” my appetite for more.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:48:39 +0000

What a flood of puns.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:12:36 +0000

Oops. Should have updated. Sorry Bruce, I didn’t mean to take away from your almighty-ness.

By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM

Torbjörn Larsson, OM — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:11:00 +0000

I was always something of a whiz kid.

The pee pee of PP.