$100 billion space station repaired with $3 toothbrush

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Behold, the Toothbrush That Just Saved the International Space Station

by Megan Garber, The Atlantic, Sept. 6, 2012

 

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But the Space Station's predicament remained. And it was made worse by the fact that, on Saturday, one of the ISS's direct switching units failed -- bringing a third solar array offline. Things were getting more dire.

 

So, yesterday, Williams and Hoshide ventured outside the space station once again. This time, though, they were carrying a new set of tools -- ones they'd improvised from materials aboard the space station. Including a can of nitrogen gas and, yep, a toothbrush.

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