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Space Travel
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I will tell you sincerely and without exaggeration that the best part of lunch today at the NASA Ames cafeteria is the urine. It is clear and sweet, though not in the way mountain streams are said to be clear and sweet. More in the way of Karo syrup. The urine has been desalinated by osmotic pressure. Basically it swapped molecules with a concentrated sugar solution. Urine is a salty substance (though less so than the NASA Ames chili), and if you were to drink it in an effort to rehydrate yourse
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― Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
― Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
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I felt it as a G-force that building pressure that starts in your chest and spreads outward, reminding you that you have mass and the universe has more.
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― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
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