Scientists Develop New spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water within minutes

In space, astronauts living inside the space station have their own challenges. Special arrangements are also required for eating, drinking, passing urin there. Similarly, toilet facility is a major challenge for passengers living in space stations. Till now astronauts have been using a special type of diaper to pass urin in space, which NASA provides them. But now a new device has been invented by scientists who will convert urin into drinking water! New scientist According to the report, researchers in New York have prepared a device weighing 8 kg that can be fitted in space suits. It will have an osmosis filter with the help of which it will convert urin into drinking water. Scientists of Cornell University about this new device Frontiers in Space Technology It is mentioned in a journal called.

The research team noted that the currently used diaper system could be solved for some time. But during the space walk, if the activity of astronauts goes on for a long time, then the solution will also be needed for a long time.

The NASA currently provides maximum absorbency garment to astronauts to pass urin. It is actually an adult diaper with urine and stool collected. At the end of the space walk, they are left in the vest system of the space station, after which they are burnt in space there.

Under the new system, scientists have devised a device that is lighter in weight. It separates the water from the urin and purifies it. This process is completed in just 5 minutes. It will also have a humidity sensor which will detect urin itself.

As soon as the urin is detected, a vacuum pump is turned on in it which draws the urin into the device filtering. By removing water from the urin, it cleans and purifies it, then sends it to the drinking suit drinking suit. Although the system is currently in the initial stage, it has been tested in the lab working effectively.