Good. Now do (cheap) Scotch
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https://newatlas.com/space/nasa-converts-pee-to-drinkable-water-on-international-space-station/
Astronauts on interplanetary missions will be a bit less thirsty after a new NASA system succeeded at reclaiming 98% of waste water aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by converting things like urine into a drinkable state.
Future crewed deep space missions that will last months or even years will be very different from any that have come before. Until now, astronauts have either carried their own supplies along or relied on regular visits from cargo ships. As to waste products, these were simply disposed of in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, deep space missions don't have that luxury.
A mission to Mars, for example, could last two years. That's a lot of water to take along at a gallon (3.8 L) per person per day. If the spacecraft has a crew of four, that comes out to about nine tonnes of water at a minimum. It also ends up as tonnes of pee.
Consisting of a Water Recovery System, a Water Processor Assembly (WPA), a Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), and the Brine Processor Assembly (BPA), the ECLSS recovers and reprocesses water on the space station through a series of steps, from urine as well as crew breath and sweat that accumulates in the air, and then purifies it into drinking water.
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That makes sense, I am actually surprised it has not been done earlier. Very complex looking machine. LOL
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Good. Now do (cheap) Scotch
Well, okay. I’ll convert the scotch to pee, but they are going to have to do the rest.
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Good. Now do (cheap) Scotch
Well, okay. I’ll convert the scotch to pee, but they are going to have to do the rest.
@LuFins-Dad said in Good. Now do (cheap) Scotch:
Good. Now do (cheap) Scotch
Well, okay. I’ll convert the scotch to pee, but they are going to have to do the rest.
At our last "geezer doc" breakfast, one of my colleagues, upon leaving the restaurant, said, "I have to stop at the used coffee department."
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There is the joke about the guy standing at the mens toilet pouring a beer in the toilet. Someone sees him and asks what he is doing. "Just eliminating the middleman!!"
