Purified urine a source of drinking water for astronauts


BEIJING: Researchers and engineers at the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defence contractor, have several sets of its instruments inside the core capsule of the country’s space station that has been launched.

Rather than lethal weapons, those instruments will serve astronauts who live and work inside the station. One is especially indispensable – the urine treatment and water recovery apparatus.

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