Plumbers in Space

I've been meaning to blog about something serious for ages, but this isn't it.  From NASA...

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts Mike Barratt and Frank De Winne will be replacing parts of the U.S. Destiny laboratory’s Waste and Hygiene Compartment, or WHC. The parts likely were contaminated earlier today when the system’s dose pump failed after running for about 15 minutes. The pump introduces the correct amount of chemicals into the system to help separate liquids from solid waste. About six liters of pre-treated water may have flowed into the pump separator and other areas it does not belong, flooding the separator.

 Just imagine, all those years training and preparing to be an astronaut, boldly going where no person (or not many at least) has gone before.  You finally get into space and end up fixing the bog...