00:00I think I messed up. Did I just say drink your own pee?
00:02NASA is working on a new spacesuit that lets astronauts recycle and drink their own urine during spacewalks.
00:08Sounds wild, but it's all about efficiency. Right now astronauts on the ISS recycle urine with big bulky machines
00:14but those won't fit into a spacesuit. So they use adult diapers. Not exactly high-tech, huh?
00:20Enter Chris Mason and his team at Cornell. They've created an 8 kilo gadget
00:25that's about the size of a shoebox. This little device recycles urine with 87% efficiency through a super cool two-step osmosis filter.
00:33The result? Purified water astronauts can sip on during long spacewalks. This means more than just staying hydrated.
00:39It's a step towards more sustainable space exploration. Right now NASA's spacesuits only hold a tiny amount of water
00:45but with this new tech astronauts won't run out of drinks while exploring the moon.
00:48Sure, there are still some kinks to work out like extracting water from stool
00:52but hey, one small sip for man, one giant gulp for mankind. Stay tuned space fans, the future is refreshing.
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