Space Station Crew Enjoys 'Fruits' of Urine Recycler

[IrrelevantTangent]

Ewww. That's just really gross. And weird. And gross. And weird. *crosses off 'astronaut' off of list*

 

[Dogstile]

thats not right

urine tastes disgusting

Its not acutally urine dude.
The machine recycles the water in the urine, taking out all the 'waste'.
infact, guess what.
You know 'tap water', Guess where that comes from?
Oh? You didn't know that all the water you drink has been recycled?
Oh, and if your going to say "well, I don't drink tap water! I drink from
A) well
B) bottled water/spring

Guess what!

Well Water is still 'recycled' through a very similar process as (only naturally through various soils) to clean said water. And, so called bottled water/spring water, same thing. Bottle water is nothing more then re-labled tap water (minus the chlorine, which actually means, tap water is going to have less bacteria in it, and spring water, is the same as well water.

So yea, they aren't drinking urine, they are drinking water. If the machine works correctly.

you're assuming i'm an idiot who's going to claim that i drunk water that hasn't been in contact with urine

and i will be perfectly honest, my point was that urine tastes disgusting. i guess i didn't recognise that it would be made back into water when the article said "makes urine drinkable"

my mistake

 

[Sigenrecht]

thats not right

urine tastes disgusting

my mistake

Indeed.

"...it's sterile and I like the taste."

Thank youuuu Patches.

 

[IceStar100]

For some reason Moral Oral comes to mind.

 

[DonTsetsi]

Ever wonder how they tested their results while developing the urine recycler?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4BFfdGufo