Glowing Discovery

Perhaps you saw a glow in the sky Wednesday night? A number of people in North America did. Some, like Abe Megahed of Madison, Wisconsin, even took pictures of the beautiful glow. So what celestial event caused the lovely light in the sky? Urine, astronaut urine to be exact, as well as other waste water from space shuttle Discovery. It was a larger than usual dump, 150 pounds, due to the new policy of not dumping waste water while docked at the space station. So 10 days worth was dumped at once after undocking. I guess that's one example of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Story and picture available here- http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090911-space-water-dump.html

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 11, 2009
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ooo look at the at the pee-retty lights. urine luck tonight! :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/11/09 at 08:21 PM

What a pisser of a story!

Yes, Patty it was pee-utifal, for sure.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/11/09 at 11:40 PM

nope you are safe pb. they said the waste water (pee) freezes upon being expelled into space and the sunlight vaporizes it. so it never leaves space. so no pee showers, just all the regular polution ect.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/12/09 at 04:24 PM

thanks sweetie! 😊

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/13/09 at 12:59 PM

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