According to foreign media CNET, water is heavy and difficult to be transported to the orbit, which is why the International Space Station is the champion in recycling. Even the astronaut's urine is captured and processed into potable water. The system that completed this work is about to receive an important upgrade. The mission of the ISS water recovery system is to convert wastewater into drinking water. The urine treatment part of the system has been receiving attention. The astronauts will install a redesigned urine distillation device, which will process boiling urine to start a critical step in the purification process.
NASA's Jennifer Pruitt said in a statement on Monday: "In the past 12 years, one of the most important things we learned during the orbital operation of hardware is that the hardware is Its steam environment is very fragile. "
NASA stated that the focus of the upgrade is internal redesign, "including the new toothed belt drive system, bearing seals, Teflon gaskets and level sensors." If you want to dig into the details (including technical failures encountered by the system), please see the NASA white paper (PDF link) on the upgrade. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center described the redesigned system as "a much appreciated upgrade".
For ISS staff, a more reliable system is good news, but it is also an important step in NASA's future exploration plan. The space agency focused on the mission of returning to the moon and eventually sending humans to Mars. For these long-term missions to keep astronauts away from the earth, water recycling in space will be more important.
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