http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/ Engadget Comments for International Space Station crew 'thrilled' to receive new urine recycling equipment http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Though I know it's clean, the idea of washing my hands with toilet water still bothers me.]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/that
in 80% of households
the toilet water (after flushing)
is cleaner than the water from the faucet ]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
you're saying that faucet water is concentrated in coliform bacteria, biological "solids", nitrogen, urea, and ammonia? Fascinating.]]>Nov 13th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 15th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
anyway I was trying to think of a Soviet Russia joke, but for once they came ahead in the field of space plumbing]]>Nov 14th 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
Space plumbing is the only thing that Soviet Russia can get right...]]>Nov 14th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
If we cannot find a better way to travel in space then we are not ready for long journeys... give up, find another way.]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
I'm so glad we have people as smart as you working on these problems and offering such insightful commentary about it all day long. Get to work on it iHawking.

Pfft.]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
Tax money should be spent on building a defense network for the non-terrorist countries but not for sending manned missions on lengthy journeys...]]>Nov 13th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
it's not that we shouldn't spend money on the space program, it's just that we should find cheaper, alternative ways to do things just as good. (hard to imagine, i know.)]]>Nov 13th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
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anyway good to hear that it'll be cheaper to "live" in space...]]>Nov 14th 2008 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
millions of years ago, it was probably dinosaur piss.

liquid is always recycled, at one point in time any liquid was probably a bodily fluid.]]>Nov 14th 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 14th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/ -Paul Atreides

"That's the point."
-Dr. Kynes]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/if your about to die you'd take it ;P]]>Nov 13th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/
"The lemonade from the lemonade machine taste like urine"]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE]]>Nov 13th 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/international-space-station-crew-thrilled-to-receive-new-urine/Nov 13th 2008 10:16PM