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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:45 AM Original message |
Purified urine to be astronauts' drinking water |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Urea is a big enough molecule to filter pretty easily |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ugh. Don't remind me. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
74. I've heard that during older Native American shamanic rituals |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Who knows where your water molecules have been. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Kinky. I like it. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm trying to figure |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. If you ever get a nuclear scan |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thanks |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. There's a strong link between the sense of taste and the sense of smell. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Did you know that there people |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. That's just fucking stupid... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Not its not. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. LSD gives many people synesthesia as well. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. You can buy iodine tablets |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Do not get those anywhere near |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Had a chem professor tell his story about doing just that |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. We were playing with at school |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. I have used it on short backpacking trips to purify water |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. Campers use iodine tablets to purify water |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. Iodine tablets have been used for decades for raw water purification |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm afraid to ask what they are eating. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Brownies. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. LOL! |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Like Kevin Costner in Waterworld? Should be possible/easy. nt |
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Truth Teller (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Someone really watched that movie? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Hey - I like apocalyptic, end-of-the-world films. Even bad ones. Part of it is the don't-mess-with |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. I'd just managed to forget that I had. :( nt |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. A lot of people are drinking purified river water for tap water. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Before we had a well dug... |
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Truth Teller (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. This is really screwing up the dreams of a lot of little boys |
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gabby garcia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
82. what about the little girls??? |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. Ghandi drank his urine - believe to help purify soul nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
71. You're confusing Gandhi with Morarji Desai |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
75. ... "In 1978 Dan Rather, on CBS's 60 Minutes, interviewed Desai, who spoke at length about the great |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds better than Dassani |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. why dont they just take up cases of bottled spring water. This is making me gag. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Yeah, |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Because every extra pound of cargo lifted into orbit costs thousands of dollars. NT |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. Where the hell do you think bottled spring water comes from, don't fish and other animals piss... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
63. And here's the dumbest suggestion of the day about this sort of thing (nt) |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #63 |
77. It isn't any dumber then drinking urine. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Sure it is, considering that they're drinking purified water |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
78. Because of the weight. But why gag about recycled water? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. Sounds better than Miller Lite - that isn't even purified. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Reminds me of the guy |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. Another reason I will never be an astronaut. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. I'd Drink Recycled Pee if That's What You Have to Do to Go Into Space |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Well, it'swhat they drink in San Diego. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. That settles it |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hm, I assumed they already did this |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Me too - LONG ago when the program first started. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Constellation Urine |
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jb5150 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Maybe it's an acquired taste |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Spice Must Flow! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Already got one on THESE in my closet! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Whoa |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. It's not really in my closet... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. The water we drink today has already been drunk and urinated thousands of times before by our |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
80. Exactly. I wonder where people THINK their drinking water comes from. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. There are just some things I don't need to know. This is one of them. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Did you know that most dust mites have over ten thousand barbed hair-like things on their bodies? |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. They'll probably want a big can of this. |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Astronaut pee is the best pee of all. Cosmically refreshing! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Depends. |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. ? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. Meh. Most of Los Angeles does the same thing. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'd piss-off that idea. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. That's an old concept. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. I thought they'd been doing this for years. |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. up next ...... golden showers ..... n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. so are the food paks freeze-dried soylent green? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Soylent Green requires no freeze-drying. It's shelf-stable naturally. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
60. Thanks for sharing. nt |
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zelta gaisma (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. ok having a mental EWWW! and a better them than me . moment here |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. yummy....does that fresh glass of water come with a foaming head?....n/t |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
68. So you want to be an astronaut you say? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. Uhh... anybody remember Dune? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
72. Transforming Urine into Water: Astronauts to Install New Space Station Water System |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
76. "My God, It's full of pee!" |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
81. Just like the "still suits" from Frank Herbert's "Dune". Very cool! |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. I'm getting pissed about this! |
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