Comments on: Bottoms up: Space station crew samples recycled urine

International Space Station crew toasts flight controllers and engineers Wednesday, sipping purified sweat and urine from the lab's new water recycling system.

[merrifie]

Like other NASA technology before it, I'm wondering when will this will go 'mainstream'?

[Police_States_of_America]

when my sink stops working

[Maccess]

Any convenience store in Singapore sells purified drinking water made from the same stuff. It's called NEWater and has been available since 2004. Sells well, too.

http://www.adb.org/Water/Actions/sin/NEWater-Sewage-Safe.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater

[myles taylor]

That's awesome. Necessity is the mother of invention. Bring it on.

[karpenterskids]

So true...

[Angmarr]

I second... i mean third that

[monkeyfun14]

So gross...

[nutso101]

This would be great for iced tea. maybe could even leave out the lemon and still have that special taste!!!

[kojacked]

LOL! +1

[foohai]

In order to prevent astronauts from hitting sensitive instruments why not have a sensor attached to their backpack.

[Stefaninafla]

This is one I'll freely admit to having a hard time wrapping my head around. I know that the recycled stuff is pure, but still...

[fokkwp]

I wonder what people think they are getting in their bottled and tap water - where that water's been, who and what it's been through, what chemical plant runoff got mixed in to it on its way to the purification or bottling plant? They should bottle any leftover from the space station and sell it back on the home planet - it's probably a lot healthier than Evian and the rest.

[monkeyman1140]

I would only drink it if I was assured the source was only MY urine...