"Jacques van Oene" wrote in message
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The Regenerative Environmental Control Life System (ELCS) is another
pursuit
with future testbed possibilities. The ISS has an oxygen generator that
can
take water and decompose it into hydrogen and oxygen, to provide oxygen
for
the crew. New U.S. regenerative ELCS equipment, including an oxygen
generator, is designed as backup to the current Russian Elektron system
and
will be installed in Destiny, the U.S. laboratory.

Another new feature of the regenerative ELCS will be urine and water
processors. They can reclaim water from sources such as humidity from the
air conditioning system, waste water and urine, and purify it for use by
the
oxygen generation system.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of
the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St.
Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.5 billion business. It
provides network-centric system solutions to its global military,
government
and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military
aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a
leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems
integrator for U.S. missile defense and Department of Homeland Security;
NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in launch services.

Hopefully progress will be made in this area, since the Russian systems are
less than perfect, even for a LEO station. :-(

Jeff
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