50 years ago, NASA whipped up astronaut waste into rocket fuel
Excerpt from the September 2, 1967 issue of Science News
BOLDLY GO Researchers have been trying to turn astronaut poop into rocket fuel for 50 years. They’re still trying.
NASA
Waste makes haste
Getting rid of bodily wastes during long space flights is a problem…. A bizarre possible solution … involves whipping the wastes in with some other ingredients to produce the most unusual rocket fuel….