International Space Station crew 'thrilled' to receive new urine recycling equipment
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted November 13th 2008 9:20PM
posted November 13th 2008 9:20PM
If we've learned anything from The Ice Pirates, we've learned that in space -- and increasingly on our planet as well -- water is the most valuable substance. Among the host of upgrades that the International Space Station is set to receive over the next couple weeks is a water purification system that will recycle urine for use as drinking water. Similar technology has been used in the Salyut and Mir space stations to process water collected from the cabin's atmosphere (the result of perspiration, aspiration and A/C condensation) but until now claiming back as much as 92% of water consumed by astronauts was just a wonderful dream. The project is part of a 15-day shuttle mission aimed at increasing the number of astronauts the craft can hold from three to six.
You fail again. :-p Where is Huston? I only know of a Houston.
@noyp
i believe the joke you made was the one that low def was going for, but ironically misposted his first reply, which he quickly realized and then reposted saying how he failed followed by his revised joke.
so basically: both of you fail, noyp you're a tool, and i'm a huge asshole.
thats about the jist of it John
They're actually upgrading the ISS? Seems like someone's taking the piss.
Urinorade yum
WOW!!!
I had no idea that space urine was blue. That's freakin' sweet.
what happens when the astro-nots go home after this what if they start drinking there piss in forgetfulness?
I am your correctly capitalized counterpart.
(and look! an alliteration! it's a good day today)
so umm, I'm guessing if you go #2 it will come out as bread right?
Fudge.
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omg i just +1'd phanbouy....
You do all realize that all of us drink everyone else's urine.
It is called a sewage and water treatment plant...
The water that you drink now is much, much less pure than the water that will come out of the purification system on the space station. Unless you have some sort of urinary tract or bladder infection, urine is pretty much sterile as it leaves the body.
Don't forget though, that modern filtration means that purified recycled toilet water is as clean (especially in terms of taste), if not moreso, than average tap water. Bear in mind that tap water coming out of a large-scale filtration plant travels many km undergound through aging pipes with limited maintainance, often accumulating impurities along the way. It's healthier to drink highly purified water from your own premises, regardless of where the water was sourced from. Once its purified, it all exactly the same, just H2O
"Blech!
This piss tastes like water!"
Come on no Ice Pirates references. That movie rocks!
D'ya think ya could stay focused until words 6, 7 and 8 in the article? Huh? Maybe??
I think somebody is about to get sued for false advertising, because this is definitely the most sophisticated piece of technology that anybody is ever going to pee on!
I drink distilled :P
you shouldn't. the natural minerals in spring water of tap water are actually beneficial to your body. Its kind of hard to get many of them drinking distilled waater (unless you eat tones of total or something, but thats just nasty.)
then again, i might just be missing a joke here.
aspiration = breathing in (e.g. you drown when you aspirate too much liquid water)
respiration = breathing out (releasing water vapor)
good job again, editors
Actually, respiration is a combination of breathing in and out; technically it is the process of using oxygen to break down carbohydrates and such to release energy (i.e., combustion) and producing carbon dioxide as a by-product.
I say old cap, any on up for a spot of PEE !!!
My friend's 8 year old brother made that joke once.
A couple of questions, you know, since they're in space:
how does the water stay in the toilet bowl?
when peeing, why would said pee go into the bowl and not up, sideways, around, everywhere? same with poop. i sort of figured they wore depends or the like.
is tang really just pee?
I believe they use some sort of suction system. They have more info on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_toilet
wow
In space, no one can hear you wretch...
Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine?
No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.
Whats the problem. Some people detox using urine.
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//Willie
Just 'thrilled'? Aren't they also 'relieved'?
who cares. the whole premise of the int'l space station is for the Illuminati to further control earth and the universe. ask evelyn de rothschild and his whore of a wife to drink this piss, that'll be a start to fixing the world's problems.
The day after urine is really good at helping those whack blemishes that just won't go away...good luck at getting your stream on a cotton swab!
just a thought...
Cheers!
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i dont know whats more disgusting the water in that toilet or the yellowish color of the toilet.