Strife on the Space Station: Russians Can't Use the American Toilet

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By Eliza Strickland
Mar 31, 2009 5:41 PMNov 5, 2019 5:28 AM
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Bureaucratic rules regarding who can use what equipment aboard the International Space Station are causing some hard feelings among the crew members, according to Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who gave an interview to Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper before he blasted off towards the space station on Thursday. Padalka complained that regulations will prevent him from using his American colleagues' exercise bike to stay fit in space.

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