A momentous day in space today. I refer not to the successful refurbishment of the Hubble Space Telescope or the impending homecoming of the shuttle Atlantis crew. No, the event that had engineers, managers and even some guest astronauts gathering at Mission Control in Houston to participate in a live teleconference with the International Space Station crew was … (drum roll, please) the first vintage of recycled urine finally ready for consumption.
"It’s taken a lot of work and a lot of time and a lot of very smart people and there were a lot of problems to overcome and it’s come to this,” Barrett said, raising his drink bag. “This is the kind of technology that will get us to the moon, and further, and so we’re just really, really happy to be here drinking this today.”
The water purification system recycles astronauts’ urine and other wastewater so it can be used for drinking and cooking.
The water purification system recycles astronauts’ urine and other wastewater so it can be used for drinking and cooking.
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