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NASA drops $19m on Russian toilets for American astronauts - TechAmok
NASA drops $19m on Russian toilets for American astronauts - [technology] 06:04 AM EDT - Jul,07 2007 - post a comment 
So apparently
NASA has agreed to purchase toilet technology from the Russian company RSC
Energia for the tidy sum of $19 million, to be delivered to the ISS in 2008
in preparation for a crew upsizing from three to six members. The previous
system required that urine tanks be transfered to cargo ships and burned up in
the Earth's atmosphere, but the new toilets operate like a waste treatment
center on Earth, collecting and reconstituting urine as drinking water -- an
unpleasant concept for a number of our readers, but a welcome relief for thirsty
astronauts :-) (thanks
Engadget)
The basic contract includes $19 million to purchase a Russian-designed toilet system with a privacy enclosure and additional space station equipment. The additional equipment includes a spare depress air pump used to conserve air when the crew exits the Quest airlock for a spacewalk; technical and engineering support for the mechanism that allows shuttles to dock with the station; software updates for the station's inventory management system; and certification of additional computer hardware for use on the station.
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