A Dune-inspired spacesuit turns astronaut pee into drinking water

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Dune-inspired spacesuit

The caller spacesuit creation (illustrated) that collects urine and recycles it into drinking h2o weighs astir 8 kilograms and tin purify half a liter of h2o successful 5 minutes.

Freman Space Team (illustration), NASA

In nan science-fiction bid Dune, nan desert-dwelling Fremen of nan arid satellite Arrakis recycle their body’s moisture utilizing specially designed outfits called stillsuits.

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