Urine recycling equipment passes tests, no one willing to take the first sip

[ecstatic]

Thank heavens -- the $154 million water recycling system, which is designed to convert sweat, moisture and urine into an ingestible fluid, um, works. According to NASA, the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) managed to get through three rigorous testing sessions, and apparently that was good enough for officials to leave it in orbit. So yeah, theoretically we now have a way to keep long-term space cadets hydrated for months, but is anyone really going to volunteer to pinch their nostrils and toss back the first shot? Our sources point to "no."



:puke:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. You realize that all water on earth contains recycled urine, right?

Just checking.

[Deja Q]

9. Please ditch the realism; it's boring.

:rofl:

[ecstatic]

20. oh noes :(

forced into golden showers :(

[Kalyke]

24. That was a great Circle Jerks album.

(And, yes, it was an album - an LP - I'm that old. :) )

[Mollis]

2. Well, urine is sterile, correct?

I wouldn't mind, if I was up in space, and that was the easiest way to stay hydrated.

[Deja Q]

8. Only while it remains in side the body. Once it's out the bacteria and bugs will take a frothy swim.

[Mollis]

10. Immediately after it's out?

Well, I would drink it if it went through that machine, at least.


So...if I am stuck in the wilderness and have no water, I should NOT drink my urine? ;-)

[dipsydoodle]

19. That's why it should be drunk whlist still hot.

:puke: :rofl:

[KansDem]

3. Couldn't they kind of ease their way into it, like maybe having them drink "Coors Lite" first?

...or maybe Gallo wine?

[nebenaube]

11. ROFLMAO...

Coors Lite

Hey if they shipped a load of hops there to add to it with some kind of malt teabag and then carbonated it...

[pscot]

14. I thought it was Corona

where the brewers pissed in the wort.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Read up on...

The history of amanita muscaria as a religious sacrament. Puts a new meaning on the word "communion".

[marmar]

5. "It's just Mountain Dew. Trust me."

:P

[tekisui]

6. With a budget of $154 million? I'll drink 3 pints of it for a slice of cash.

[Deja Q]

7. Dang. That looks like a prop from "Star Trek" (1966) - no wonder nobody wants to say "bottoms up".

:shrug:

[Speck Tater]

12. The low-tech solution

Bioactive slow sand filtration is something you can build in your own back yard for $50.00 or less in one afternoon. You can pee into the tank, and drink the water coming out the bottom.

It's all in the Schmutzdecke.

http://www.biosandfilter.org/biosandfilter/index.php/item/229
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_sand_filter

[Incitatus]

13. If the product it pure H2O, what's the problem? nt

[4lbs]

15. The NASA unit at the ISS adds a tiny bit of iodine. About the same amount added to table salt.

n/t

[Posteritatis]

22. Quiet you, you're harshing the kneejerk-freakout buzz! (nt)

[LeftinOH]

16. Hey- truckers could use one of those urine recyclers....

its better than this:

[lutefisk]

17. It's over - someone took the first sip:

[Sabriel]

18. They told him it had alcohol in it.

[Uncle Joe]

23. That was before they recycled the urine, this was a preemptive sip. n/t

[Ezlivin]

21. Jetson's Hard Lemonade

What goes up must come down.

[Ignis]

25. This is Ground Control to Major Muad'Dib!

I think he actually likes the stuff.