Posted: Jul 16, 2008, 9:21 AM CST
Rocket Makers Ask For Daily Urine.
It is not the substance you would expect spaceship builders to be demanding.But nonetheless, a space capsule constructor in the US is asking for 30 litres a day of urine to help test out its next spaceship.
Space program contractor Hamilton Sundstrand is seeking urine from workers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
And the need is voluminous: 30 litres a day, which translates into nearly 8 gallons - or around 30 people's contribution a day.
The urine will go towards test for the new Orion space capsule that will park in space for six months while astronauts work on the moon
"You can't make fake urine."
NASA's head of life support systems John Lewis.
