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From: jdishaw@cbrown.claremont.edu (Pom Ac Comp Staff)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re:  Water dump...
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Date: 20 Dec 90 17:34:09 GMT
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In article <10212@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, jdishaw@cbrown.claremont.edu (Pom Ac Comp Staff) writes...
>I know some of the water waste from the fuel cells gets reclaimed for use
>by the astronauts as their water supply and the rest gets dumped.  Why 
>don't they split the water back into hydrogen and oxygen and use it for
>the fuel cells again?  I know this isn't 100% efficient process, but I would
>think there would be some benefits.
> 
>James R. Dishaw

I forgot to mention one thing in this post, that some people pointed out to
me.  To get the power to do this, they could tie into the shuttle's power
bus, a solar panel, or possibly a thermocouple.

James R. Dishaw