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Posted: Thu 9:19 AM, May 21, 2009

NASA Gives Space Station Crew 'Go' to Drink Recycled Water... But Recycled from What?!?

Have you ever wondered what is exactly in your water?  Well the water that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now drinking started out as something little unexpected!

In November NASA delivered a Water Recovery System to the ISS.  This system processes urine and sweat into water that is safe to drink.

I have always wanted to be an astronaut since I was a little kid, but I don't know how excited I would be about drinking recycled urine while in space!

Here is a link to the full story from NASA

Recycled Water

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