Water
Water is consumed by crew members through drinking, cleaning activities, EVA thermal control, and emergency uses. It must be stored, used, and reclaimed (from waste water) efficiently since no in-situ sources currently exist for the environments reached in the course of human space exploration.
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Famous quotes containing the word water:
“Eternal Venice sinking by degrees
Into the very water that she lights;”
—Edgar Bowers (b. 1924)
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Walking towards them through some dappled park
As if on water that unfocused she
No match lit up, nor drag ever brought near....”
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—Chinese proverb.
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