The new recycling system produces clear water from the astronauts' urine, as well as sweat and water that has evaporated and collected from the air
"Cheers", cheered the astronauts at the NASA space station and sipped urine that had undergone a process of recycling and turning it into clean drinking water.
"The taste is great" says astronaut Michael Barratt. And Roy Kane, the director of the ferry, adds that this is a "huge milestone".
The recycling system will enable the existence of outposts on the moon and Mars. In addition, it will also save on transporting water to the NASA space station.
The recycling system transfers the staff's urine from the toilets to a large tank, where it is boiled and the vapors that are formed are collected and mixed with vapors from the air. The liquid is then passed through desalination filters, similar to those found in home kitchens, says Maribeth Eden, director of the space station's National Laboratory, and supervisor of the recycling project.
When there are six crew members at the station in a few weeks, they produce about 23 liters of urine every 6 hours, Eden says.
Although recycling urine into drinking water may sound nauseating, this process is also done at NASA, but it is longer and more prolonged compared to the process carried out at NASA which only takes a week.
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I need help with an idea with students
How to recycle water in space and create oxygen in space
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Vitaly:
Just tell us when you're done and don't forget to take the board down after the sale.
This whole article made me want to run and pee, so that's it, I went to comfort bye.
Father, I sent you an email and you haven't replied yet. The email address you contacted is:
editor@hayadan.org.il
Did you read my reference?
Some questions and comments -
1. Have they not recycled yet? Did they take all the amount of water they needed from the earth even during long periods of stay? I was sure that urine and sweat have been recycled in space for years...
2. It's true that it sounds really disgusting, but when you think about it, this recycling process has actually been going on for hundreds of thousands of years on Earth... And it is very likely that the water we drink was once part of the urine of a person or an animal...
Moran:
I think you are right.
Yael/Avi:
The link to the original news is not working
Birch:
Come on! And did you think how much you make in 24 hours?
Almost exactly like Yossi who calculated "about"
Joseph,
Yossit, where did you get this calculation?
If six people produce 23 liters in six hours then you need to divide 23 by six to know how many liters one person produces in six hours:
... 3.83333
And divide that by six to know how much he produces per hour:
9 ... 0.638888
This is the number of liters that a person according to the text produces per hour.
Probably supposed to be 2.3 liters, so it makes more sense...
This allows huge water savings!!!
Every year the Weizmann Institute holds a national competition in astronomy named after Ilan Ramon, and this year one of the topics was: establishing a colony on Mars for 5 years with the goal of finding evidence of life (we won by second chance).
In our solution we used a reactor the size of a (relatively small) warehouse (Hyperion), so there is no delay until energy is produced.
and in a water filter with a capacity of 2300 liters.
Indeed, the statement of:
"With six staff members at the station, they produce about 23 liters of urine every 6 hours," Eden says.
As Yossi said, when I read the line I immediately realized that it was not true. If a person produces about 15 liters of urine a day, and drinks, say, about 4 liters, and gets another liter of water from the food (and this is an exaggeration), he still loses about 10 liters a day just because of the urine.
Lani,
The future rover that will be sent to Mars will use radioactive material as an energy source, but not in nuclear fission, but as an energy source based on the heat generated by the material. A small chunk of this material will power this massive rover (the size of a car) for two years. I assume that a similar solution could also be used by passengers for a manned mission to Mars.
And in general, regarding Mars, if they find potable water reservoirs, then this will not be a problem for the travelers there.
I don't usually respond, but this time I couldn't resist... according to the scriptures - a team of six people "they produce
23 liters of urine every six hours" ?!?! Each staff member "produces" about 4 liters of urine every six hours and in a day - 16 liters of urine!! Oh really..team to the point.
Scout Grant is fine - here the molluscs drink it distilled twice.
The prayer, not the prayer.
It consumes a lot of energy and also changing filters = apparently you can't use it on Mars!
A team that will reach Mars will have to stay there for at least a year.
I believe that unless a miracle happens - it will take time for them to start producing electricity independently, unless they invent some kind of nuclear reactor by then.
I suppose the problem of the filters can be solved by a huge SUPPLY POD that will be parachuted separately.
In any case - sounds cool, but you shouldn't get excited so quickly..
The next step is to turn f*f* into wine, since when do you say "cheers" with a glass of water?
What, is this a new thing? I was sure they always recycled liquids at NASA.
So from now on, if someone pees on you, tell them thank you.