Crazy new spacesuit could let astronauts drink their own filtered urine
We want to reach the Moon again and use it as a base to land on Mars, and plans are already in motion to get us there. NASA's Artemis program could get humans back to the surface of the Moon by the end of the decade. Mars would follow. But to get there, we don't need just new spaceships.
NASA must develop new life support technology to ensure that astronauts can survive in space for an extended period of time. That involves lengthening the period of spacewalks and improving the current health and hygiene standards. It might also improve the design of spacesuits so they can both collect urine and filter it into drinking water with minimal power consumption in the fastest possible time.
The first such prototype for a spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water already exists. It might be ready in time for the Artemis project.
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