antvklik.com – NASA has set an ambitious project to send astronauts back to the Moon in 2024. Of course, during the mission on the Moon, there must be toilets that can be used by astronauts.
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Because of that NASA held a contest to create a toilet design on the Moon with a number of special requirements, including for the needs of female astronauts.
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Among the requirements requested are, the toilet must be able to function in small or zero gravity conditions, able to save water, free of odors or other contamination.
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The Moon Toilet must be able to support two astronauts for 14 days and allow it to transfer collected waste to storage or to be disposed outside the vehicle.
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The toilet must be able to be cleaned easily and consumes less than 70 watts of power and produces no more noise from the fan or bathroom fan.
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The matter of size is also the most important thing in the design of the Moon toilet. This toilet must weigh less than 33 pounds or the equivalent of 15 kilograms and its volume is less than 12 cubic meters.
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In the competition it was also mentioned, would be an additional point if the toilet design is able to catch vomit of astronauts without the astronaut need to put his head close to the toilet.
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The lure of a total prize of 35 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of nearly 500 million awaits the winner. The first winner will get a prize of 20 thousand US dollars. For the second and third place winners each received 10 thousand US dollars and 5 thousand US dollars.
NASA awaits the design of the lunar toilet no later than August 17, 2020. While the winners will be announced in October.
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