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July 27, 2007

Strange But True!

Q. Where might you find the world's most expensive glasses of water, and who are the drinkers?

A. Three thousand dollars per glass is roughly the price of fresh water ferried up to the International Space Station, says Hazel Muir in “New Scientist.” Each astronaut uses about 4.4 liters a day for drinking, washing, etc., which costs around $11,000 per liter to ship up. So NASA is looking to trim this price in favor of a “vile cocktail” of recycled astronauts' urine, sweat, and even lab rats' liquid waste.


 
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