On the next shuttle mission to the International Space Station NASA will be testing their new $250 million "water recovery system." Designed to resupply the station's water by recycling approximately 93 percent of the water on board, "urine, sweat in the air, waste water and other forms of moisture will be fed into the system, distilled and sent back to the tap"
So, again — how does it taste? Your intrepid reporter opened one of the bottles of “Purified Recycled Water” that Mr. Bagdigian brought with him. The wryly worded label was a little intimidating: “We use only the finest ingredients! Urine, Perspiration, Food Vapors, Bath Water, Simulated Animal Waste, and a touch of Iodine. No Carbs or Calories Added.”With that as my verbal drum roll, I took a sip. Aside from a slight tang of iodine, it tasted like, well, water. I’ve had tap water that tasted much more like things I don’t want to think about.
Thanks, but no thanks.