NASA takes the pee out of workers

US SPACE AGENCY NASA apparently has a shortage of urine to test its high-tech loos on board the new Orion space capsule.

Now it seems that the outfit is literally taking the pee out of its workers in a bid to get the thing working properly.

In an internal memo posted on the Web site Nasawatch.com, space program contractor Hamilton Sundstrand says he wants workers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to hand over their widdle.

Apparently Hamilton can't get enough and needs eight gallons a day, even on weekends.

Designers of the Orion, which will park unoccupied in space for up to six months while astronauts work on the moon, are busting to work out how to get rid of stored micturation.

The problem is that urine is full of solids that clog up the venting system for dumping pee, so keeping the waste disposal system clear is "really a challenge."

Understood, make it so Number One. µ

L'Inq
AP