| Pee for NASA |
 Pee for NASA Wed, 23 July 2008 Workers asked to donate in an unlikely way
 That's one small step for man...
[Collecting urine is needed as a part of] work on the new Orion space capsule that will eventually take astronauts to the moon.
Designers of the Orion, which will park unoccupied in space for up to six months while astronauts work on the moon, have to solve a pressing issue of getting rid of stored urine, said John Lewis, NASA's head of life support systems for Orion. "Urine is a mess because urine is full of solids," Lewis said. Those solids clog the venting system for dumping pee, so keeping the waste disposal system clear is "really a challenge," he said. - ninemsn NASA has made a tradition of collecting urine from its workers in bid to create better space toilets.
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
