NASA, HIRE ME!

Dear NASA,

Embarassed for the engineers who designed the faulty urine recycler that cost you $250 million, I have designed and propose to you a urine collector that will work for 20 years, cost less than $500 to build, and less than $300 to service and replace. Best of all, I guarantee this machine will work, time after time, year after year. Because I love my country and low taxes, I pass this design along to you for free.

Here's how it works:
1. Astronaut puts urine into balloon container.
2. Balloon container placed in decompression chamber.
3. Decompression chamber releases gases into space, decompressing it.
4. Urine evaporates spontaneously due to low pressure.
5. Hand bellows pumps urine through filter that removes particulates into second balloon in compression chamber.
6. Second chamber returned to cabin pressure.
7. Pure water spontaneously condenses.
8. Astronaut drinks pure water.
9. Periodically change filter.

I have many other obvious ideas that would save you a fortune. Give me a call some time, I'd be happy to save you more money.


Sincerely,

TAE


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