NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water

NASA has achieved a technological milestone that could one day play an important role in missions to the Moon and beyond. This week, the space agency revealed (via Space.com ) that the International Space Station's Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is recycling 98 percent of all water astronauts bring onboard the station. Functionally, you can imagine the system operating in a way similar to the Stillsuits described in Frank Herbert's Dune . One part of the ECLSS uses "advanc...