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Journal Article
Waste Management in the U.S. Space Program
1988
Overview
Space is an unforgiving environment. It is a vacuum with pressures approaching 1 Torr, high levels of radiation, extremely cold temperatures, no atmosphere, no water, and no gravity. Designers, because of this nature, most provide everything necessary to sustain life--a total ecosystem. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) engineers refer to this total ecosystem as environmental control and life support (ECLS). The complexity of a total ECLS is not simplified when the system is broken down into its parts. For example, water supply and waste management subsystems, which can be further subdivided, are just as complex. The water supply management system includes those subsystems for the generation, collection, storage, and distribution of potable water. The waste management subsystem provides collection, storage, and disposal of wash water, cooling water, flush water, and food waste. For short duration space flights, waste management and water management are separate systems.
Publisher
Water Pollution Control Federation
