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23 million dollars for new space station toilets: But how do they work? – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post
Scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, September 29, the new International Space Station (ISS) toilets have cost the American taxpayer an astronomical 23 million do…
Scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, September 29, the new International Space Station (ISS) toilets have cost the American taxpayer an astronomical 23 million dollars.
However, the good news is that they will make life more comfortable for the astronauts on board the ISS, and also do a better job of recycling waste.
Portentously named the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS), the new toilets developed by the US Space Agency (NASA) are much more compact than the existing space-station facil…
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