This week, NASA revealed that the International Space Station’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is recycling 98 percent of all water astronauts bring aboard the station…

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    1 year ago

    Imagine you are chilling on the sofa watching netflix with your girl and some random girl knocks at your door and shouts: “WOW! Your filtered piss tastes so GREAT!”

    Thats an odd way to give someone a blowjob.

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    1 year ago

    They could probably make a tidy profit selling it to internet weirdos instead.

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    1 year ago

    Collecting sweat? I’m imagining astronauts up there wringing out wash cloths. “Sniff. Sniff. Dammit, Buzz would you stop mopping up your crack. We all don’t wanna be drinking Eau de Taint with dinner later.” Oh, they use a dehumidifier, yah that makes more sense.

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    I’ve always wondered how long a tank of water of some size would last. Everyone always handwaved away all the details of energy, food, water, etc in sci fi shows, but I’ve always been interested in those aspects.

    The Martian was satisfying for this reason, but I want MORE.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So, what are they doing with the other 2%? Using it for propulsion?

    Is it something weird? It’s something weird, isn’t it?