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Re:'Dune'-Inspired Spacesuit Turns Astronauts' Urine into Dr... by et-al on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:38PM (#40948699)
It's just a water fountain that happens to be mounted on a toilet bowl. They're not sourcing their own water.

The worst thing that could happen is the person in front of you spits on the outlet (like kids do in elementary school in America).

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Re:'Dune'-Inspired Spacesuit Turns Astronauts' Urine into Dr... by iszomer on Friday July 12, 2024 @04:41PM (#40949222)
It can always be worse: remember the story news outlets touted about a Japanese scientist who created meat from human excrement which was debunked, TIL today?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2011/07/08/meat-m...

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