WTF Stories of the Week

[Kevy Baby]

Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts’ test
After days of tinkering, space station skipper reports success: ‘Yippee!’

The whole quote from the skipper was 'Yippee! Now we can peepee'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex got a double dose of good news Tuesday: A rotary joint that they spent days cleaning and lubricating appeared to be working normally again for the first time in more than a year, and a urine-recycling machine finally was behaving.

Story.

Had this fix not been successful, it would have been a real pisser.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts’ test
After days of tinkering, space station skipper reports success: ‘Yippee!’

The whole quote from the skipper was 'Yippee! Now we can peepee'
Story.

Had this fix not been successful, it would have been a real pisser.

Saturday's spacewalk by Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper...

Wow! Now, that's a name!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

After days of tinkering, space station skipper reports success: ‘Yippee!’

I didn't catch this in the sub-head, but it could have read:

After days of tinkeling, space station skipper reports success: ‘Yippee!’

My grandmother use to call going number two 'tinkeling'