Luca Bielski

Jul 12, 2024 | newatlas.com | Ben Coxworth |Karen Morales |Claire Walter |Luca Bielski

In the not-too-distant future, astronauts could be drinking water harvested from their own urine, courtesy of a Dune-inspired system integrated into their spacesuit. If nothing else, it should certainly beat just peeing into a diaper. Currently, when astronauts have to wear their spacesuits for long periods of time, they urinate directly into a "maximum absorbency garment" (MAG) … which is essentially a fancy adult diaper.