Fullsteam

Well, we could be distilling urine.

MSNBC reports that astronauts on the international space station will be recycling and drinking their own urine. That’s right: pee into water in less than 24 hours.

Futurists of the past dreamed of cities on the moon. Instant travel to distant worlds. Strange creatures from far away galaxies. Not so much machines that allow you to drink your own pee to save on storage space.

Ack. Reality’s a bitch.

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“The wastewater is processed using an extensive series of purification techniques, including distillation — which is somewhat tricky in microgravity — filtration, oxidation, and ionization.

The final step is the addition of iodine to control microbial growth, Bagdigian said.

The device is intended to process a full day’s worth of wastewater in less than 24 hours.

“Today’s drinking water was yesterday’s waste,” Bagdigian said.”

 

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