Re: Water on NASA Flights (fwd)

[Anne T Knickerbocker <aknicker@TENET.EDU>]

I forwarded Anitra Gordon's question about water on NASA space flights to
a friend who went up in the shuttle a few years ago.  Here is Drew
Gaffney's reply.

Anne Knickerbocker                           Cedar Brook Elementary
Librarian                                    2121 Ojeman
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---------- Forwarded message ----------


     Tell your friend that the Shuttle has water tanks and brings drinking
     water with it.  They have a very advanced technology for water
     purification using the kind of filters that one can buy for camping.
     The fuel cells also make water as a by-product so there is actually a
     surplus of water.  Each day, we dump water into space, a combination
     of excess fuel cell water and also condensate from the humidity
     separators in the cooling system.  There is a water tank with a
     bladder in it.  The water fills the tank; inflating the bladder forces
     the water out.  It is spectacular to dump water into a vacuum against
     a black sky doing 17,500mph.  Each droplet catches the sun and it
     looks like a celestial blizzard.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:26:00 EST
From: Anitra Gordon <agordon@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list LM_NET <LM_NET@suvm.acs.syr.EDU>
Subject: Water on NASA Flights

Our science teacher wants to know if manned (peopled) flights
carry their own water, or if it is made in space.  Does anyone know?
I check Spacelink but could not find the answer.  I also could
not find out how to send questions to NASA via the Internet.  If anyone
knows, please let me hear from you.  Thakn you!
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Anitra Gordon
Lincoln High School Library/7425 Willis Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48197
313-484-7020  Fax 313-484-1212