98 percent of astronauts urine is converted to drinking water!

US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has achieved an important success with the urine of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). In the statement made by the institution, thanks to the studies, the urine of astronauts 98 percent It was stated that a significant part of it was converted into drinking water again. While this may sound disgusting to you, it is critical for people in space.

As you can imagine, resources in space not unlimited. Every resource used counts, especially when it comes to food. Drinking water is one of those sources. After all, it is not possible to lay a water pipe from the earth to the ISS. Here’s a new study by NASA that up to 98 percent of astronauts’ urine back to drinking water to be converted provided. In the past, urine as much as 93 percent was converted into drinking water.

“Astronauts drink cleaner water than on Earth”

NASA official Jill Williamson, who made a statement on the subject, spoke as follows about turning urine back into drinking water: Crew does not drink urine; they are reclaimed, filtered and cleaned drinking water that is cleaner than what we drink in the world. Now let’s get to the main issue. NASA’s urine How makes it drinkable water?

Environmental Control and Life Support System on the ISS (ECLSSThere is a system called . It is this system that turns urine into drinking water. Now let’s do some biology: More than 95 percent of urine is water anyway. The remainder contains molecules such as urea, potassium, sodium and chloride. Built-in ECLSS purification systemIt separates the water in the urine from the other molecules and ensures that the water in the urine can be drunk again. So with ECLSS distillation processIt ensures that the clean water in the urine is separated and this water is drunk again…