The International Space Station (ISS) handles urine through a system called the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), which uses vacuum distillation to recover water from urine. This reclaimed water is then filtered and treated to ensure it is safe for drinking, contributing to the station’s overall water recycling efforts
Never heard of vacuum distillation. Wonder what that’s all about. They’re in a vacuum, maybe they just hang a bag of piss out the window.
Never heard of vacuum distillation. Wonder what that’s all about. They’re in a vacuum, maybe they just hang a bag of piss out the window.
Presumably they lower the pressure to boil the water instead of raising the temperature, I imagine to save power
Also because heat management is very tricky in an environment like space. You can only radiate heat away, so there’s a risk of overheating the station