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Should we recycle urine on Earth, too?

Posted by: Maven on December 1, 2008 at 5:47 am

From the Christian Science Monitor’s Bright Green Blog:

After five days of tinkering, astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran their first successful test Tuesday of equipment that turns urine into drinking water.

Delivered to the station by the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the $154 million water recycling system, which also processes sweat and moisture from the air, is designed to quench astronauts’ thirst while requiring fewer costly resupply missions. Samples of the recycled water will be tested back on earth before astronauts aboard the station can start drinking from the system’s tap.

This raises a question: Can we build these things on earth? Maybe even for a little less than $154 million?

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December 1, 2008 · Filed Under Recycled Water

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