Okay, but will it catch on like Tang did in the sixties? I honestly don’t know if Tang was really used aboard by astronauts, but it was pushed as such, and millions mixed the sugary, bitter jolt of Vitamin C with water each and every morning in the enthusiastic days of the space race.
The three astronauts shown here, drank their own urine, officially testing the facilities on board the International Space Station urine processing assembly.The idea is that they can carry less water weight. Please note, they’re highly trained professionals so you won’t catch a look of disgust. The boys on the ground,
with Starbucks stood and toasted them with what I believe were looks of masked disbelief and a complete lack of envy. I thought that was significant. There are probably a lot of things they’d rather do than test the equipment their fellow engineers had devised.
Why the water, and not something else? There has to be something extra heavy on the Space Station! If it were my choice to make, I’d leave my rock collection
behind – if my fellow space traveler would leave his extensive DVD movie “must haves,” maybe the other guy would lighten the load by jettisoning his Wine of the Month club selections which he smuggled on board. They’re dangerous when loose
in zero gravity, and he won’t share anyway.
Seriously, it is an exciting new solution to an old problem and much to cheer about. I just wish I could stop hearing the ads for items “made from space age technology.” Let’s just be selective, is all I’m saying.