So youve landed on the moon but all of that space exploration has made you thirsty. You reach for a big bottle of water and gulp it all down hastily.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, you feel the urge to pee but where do you go? Youre in space now and toilets just seem so... planet Earth.<\/p>\n
Fear not collect your liquid waste and get your best hard hat on because youre now ready to build some space structures!<\/p>\n
A study published on 8 May found that urea the main organic compound in urine could help form the mixture for lunar concrete.<\/p>\n
The agency said in a statement:<\/p>\n
Thanks to future lunar inhabitants, the 1.5 liters (3.2 pints) of liquid waste a person generates each day could become a promising by-product for space exploration.<\/p>\n
The main ingredient is powdery soil found on the moons surface known as lunar regolith.<\/p>\n
Combining this with urine would limit the amount of water necessary in the recipe of using 3D printer-like machines to create buildings.<\/p>\n
This means fewer materials would need to be brought from Earth, while waste management is also partly taken care of.<\/p>\n
The hope is that astronaut urine could be essentially used as it is on a future lunar base, with minor adjustments to the water content. This is very practical, and avoids the need to further complicate the sophisticated water recycling systems in space.<\/p>\n
This new research sure sounds like a number one small step for man and one giant leak for mankind.<\/p>\n
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