Re: Shuttle water dump

From: JamesOberg@aol.com
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 13:06:19 PST

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    In a message dated 3/10/01 11:32:11 AM Central Standard Time, 
    tomnagy@nauticom.net writes:
    
    << Most of the water that is dumped comes from purified urine. >>
    
    No urine is purified on the shuttle. The waste water comes from fuel cell 
    byproducts. 
    
    The Russians purify urine and then electrolyze the water for breathing O2. 
    It's a separate loop from the reclaimed cabin humidity and reprocessed wash 
    water, on the Service Module. 
    
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