Hamilton Sundstrand (US) universe program contractor is collecting the urine of staff at Johnson Space Center, to pilot the toilet system of the new Orion module - the module will take astronauts to the moon .
A toilet compartment on the Zvezda service compartment.(Photo: NASA)
Orion, will freely locate in space for up to 6 months, while astronauts work on the moon.
Modular designers must address a difficult problem of accumulating urine for long periods of time on board. Therefore, system testing is necessary. Demand for this: 30 liters per day, including weekends.
NASA has long had a tradition of collecting samples from its employees to help design better cosmic toilet systems.
