Originally Posted by minusonebit

Jacqui Goddard, Cape Canaveral, Florida
November 20, 2006

AFTER years of debate on how to dispose of unwanted clutter from the International Space Station, NASA has come up with the answer: simply open the back door and fling it out.

The space agency that has long drilled its astronauts and international partners in the merits of responsible waste management is to relax its rules and allow the station's crew to jettison selected items of superfluous gear and broken equipment.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...871272292.html