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New space suit to turn urine into drinking water
Manage episode 429186439 series 14273
With NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, the demand for astronauts to carry out longer and longer spacewalks creates a challenge for the use of bathroom facilities. Now, designers have invented a special space suit that can recycle urine as drinking water.
To discuss, Seán is joined by Sofia Etlin, a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-designer of the suit.
Image: Claire Walter
2887 episodes
Manage episode 429186439 series 14273
With NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions, the demand for astronauts to carry out longer and longer spacewalks creates a challenge for the use of bathroom facilities. Now, designers have invented a special space suit that can recycle urine as drinking water.
To discuss, Seán is joined by Sofia Etlin, a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-designer of the suit.
Image: Claire Walter
2887 episodes
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