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NASA Testing Breakthrough In Water Safety

Posted by samzenpus on from the advanced-smell-test dept.

Jerry James Stone writes "NASA and University of Utah chemists are developing advanced tech for testing the drinkability of water. The process just began a six-month run aboard the International Space Station. Water will be sampled either from the Space Station's or Shuttle's galley using a syringe. It is then forced through a chemically-imbued membrane, which changes color based on toxicity. The process itself will take about two minutes. It checks drinking water for iodine and silver, which are used to kill unwanted microbes."

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  1. Water Safety? by SultanCemil · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does checking for iodine and silver check for water safety? Also - proofreading would be nice - "which are to used kill..."? My god what do we pay editors for?

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    1. Re:Water Safety? by Jurily · · Score: 2, Funny

      I believe the procedure is as follows:

      1. Get someone to drink before you.
      2. Wait for them to die.

    2. Re:Water Safety? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think they check for silver to make sure it is drinkable for werewolves.

  2. Re:Bah... by Whalou · · Score: 2, Funny

    It might not be a good indicator if your neighbor is named Schrödinger.

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  3. Re:Bah... by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    You have to do the test 9 times to be really sure.

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  4. drinkability of water? by rossdee · · Score: 2, Funny

    So when NASA finally gets to Mars, they'll be able to test the water in the (chinese built) hotel and see if iits fit to drink.