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A $250 million system to recycle waste water for Space Station
Residents of Space Station will have to satisfy their thirst by sipping on to their urine, which of course will be recycled to make it 100% potable. A $250 million system is exclusively designed to ionize, filter, distill, and oxidize the wastewater. It was reported that folks aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour will be handing off to their Space Station colleagues this water regeneration system. As of yet, the astronauts will only be testing the system and not drinking on this trip. When on earth, the system showed excellent results, but NASA wants to be sure that it works, as designed, in a zero-gravity
environment too.
To date, the Space Station has had the luxury of getting water deliveries from newly arrived Space Shuttles. But the huttle program is slated for retirement after 2010, and that means that no more water carrier from earth.
Via - Greenlaunches
by geetu, on November 18, 2008 - 3:38 AM in Other Stuff | Comments () -
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