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Spacesuit that can convert urine into drinkable water in 5 mins

By on July 12, 2024 0 20 Views

​The suit’s designers aim to deploy it by the end of the decade through NASA’s Artemis program, which focuses on prolonged habitation and work on another world. “The design includes a vacuum-based external catheter leading to a combined forward-reverse osmosis unit, providing a continuous supply of potable water with multiple safety mechanisms to ensure astronaut wellbeing,” explained Sofia Etlin, a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University and co-designer of the suit.

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