Unbelievable! $156 Billion spent to construct and run a space station, and they only built one creaky-ass toilet?!

Also: no plumbers in space LOLZ:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The international space station’s lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.

Until then, the three-man crew will have to make do with a jury-rigged system when they need to urinate.

While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working, according to NASA. Since then, the liquid waste gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off.

I remember wanting to be an astronaut as a kid. But this is one of the few things they normally don’t tell you: taking a dump in space is a big deal.