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‘The Martian’ movie’s toilet tuber could happen: NASA testing machine that turns poop into veggie fertilizer – SYFY WIRE
Matt Damon growing potatoes from his own poop in The Martian may be closer to reality than some sci-fi fans might think. Thanks to a new system that replicates waste-reclamation practices used by communities on Earth to generate clean water and fertilizer, as…
Matt Damon growing potatoes from his own poop in The Martian may be closer to reality than some sci-fi fans might think. Thanks to a new system that replicates waste-reclamation practices used by communities on Earth to generate clean water and fertilizer, astronauts may soon have access to fresh vegetables over long spaceflights.
According to a release, this technology dubbed the Organic Processor Assembly comes from NASA and University of South Florida professor Daniel Yeh, the latter of wh…
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