In a message dated 8/15/01 4:24:16 PM Central Daylight Time, tlj18@juno.com writes: << I don't see how the ISS is going to generate any excess water with the Space Shuttle gone. It's a closed system, and I don't think the ISS has any fuel cells. >> In theory, exactly right. But the ISS recovers water from both cabin air (for more drinking/washing) and from urine (for electrolysis into oxygen), and there's some excess of the latter. PLUS the humidity recovered in the US segment cannot be transferred to the Russian segment's equipment for re-purification, there are some equipment problems, and there's also problems with the dump valve. So they throw away water now as a fairly temporary expedient. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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