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BEIJING: Researchers and engineers at the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defence contractor, have several sets of its instruments inside the core capsule of the country’s space station that has been launched.
Rather than lethal weapons, those instruments will serve astronauts who live and work inside the station. One is especially indispensable – the urine treatment and water recovery apparatus.
Developed and built by engineers at the CASIC Second Academy’s 206th Institute, the apparatus was activated for in-orbit testing shortly after the capsule entered orbit, and the results showed it functions well.
“We sent signals from ground control to start the machine for a certain period of time to check whether it can dispose of simulated urine as we had designed. The readings were normal, which means our design works, ” said Cui Guangzhi, chief designer of the apparatus at the institute.