Clean Drinking Water is a Must
Water is the key to life as we know it, on and off of planet Earth. We use water to grow our crops, keep us hydrated, clean just about everything we have, and more. The atoms that make up water can even be used as fuel for cars and rockets! But water can become contaminated, which would make it unsuitable to drink. When this happens on Earth, the
water cycle has the ability to purify our water and make it potable, or safe to drink. But there are also things that we can do to make water more drinkable.
NASA’s Essential Water Filtration
Water filtration is important to NASA more than ever as crewed missions to Mars are on the horizon, but the International Space Station has been utilizing recycled water for over 20 years! Because of the scarcity of water outside of Earth and how much it costs to launch water from Earth’s surface, NASA has allocated many resources to being able to reuse any water that may be excreted by an astronaut during a mission. This means that the ISS has its own water cycle that can make our urine drinkable again!
Prizes
Winners will receive two general admission tickets to Space Center Houston where they will be able to display their project at our Planet Earth Celebration in April! Winners who can’t visit in person will have the opportunity to virtually chat with an astronaut and also virtually present their project.