Urine May Make Mars Travel Possible

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. The article describes how technology is developing to not only recycle the water out of human urine but to pull energy from it to help power its own recycling. The text describes why this is a necessary process for extended space travel and how a similar system is already in place on the International Space Station. The text concludes that this recycling method could have several Earth-borne uses as well.
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Direct Link: https://student.societyforscience.org/article/urine-may-make-mars-travel-possible

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 8
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: informational text, text complexity, urine, pee, Mars, recycling, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, space travel
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource
Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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