1 00:00:00,780 --> 00:00:01,530 MARK STATION 2 00:00:01,530 --> 00:00:02,130 ON THREE. 3 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:03,360 HOW TO HEAR, THIS IS DOUG. 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:06,300 DOUG I GOT YOU. 5 00:00:06,330 --> 00:00:07,080 FIVE BY FIVE. 6 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:11,780 WE STARTED MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO IN THIS LONG LINE OF EXPERIMENTS 7 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:15,320 THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO SPACE THAT ARE ALL SMALL SCALE FLUIDS 8 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,020 EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE REALLY TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT MANAGING 9 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:20,810 FLUIDS IN SPACE WITHOUT ANY MOVING PARTS, WITHOUT ANY 10 00:00:20,810 --> 00:00:22,820 ELECTRICITY, JUST FLUIDICS. 11 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:41,560 NOW WE CAN APPLY RESEARCH RESULTS THAT WE'VE LEARNED 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,590 FROM DOING EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE TO ACTUAL SPACE SYSTEMS 13 00:00:44,590 --> 00:00:47,739 THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRE GRAVITY TO BE GONE FOR THEM TO WORK. 14 00:00:48,490 --> 00:00:49,690 THAT'S DIFFERENT. 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,370 THAT'S A NEW HORIZON, I WOULD SAY. 16 00:00:53,830 --> 00:00:55,630 OKAY, MARK READY ON STEP FOUR. 17 00:00:56,370 --> 00:00:59,490 THIS IS AN ENGINEERING DEMONSTRATION OF A WASTEWATER 18 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:00,720 PURIFICATION SYSTEM. 19 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:05,430 SO INSIDE THAT FOAM ARE ALL THESE WEIRD CHANNELS AND 20 00:01:05,430 --> 00:01:07,080 DIFFERENT WETTING FOAMS IN THERE 21 00:01:07,585 --> 00:01:10,865 SUCH THAT CAPILLARY FORCES WICK THE LIQUIDS OUT, 22 00:01:10,895 --> 00:01:11,975 OPENING THE CHANNELS UP. 23 00:01:12,035 --> 00:01:14,225 SO IT'S A CAPILLARY SOLUTION TO AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM 24 00:01:14,554 --> 00:01:17,824 OF MANAGING BRINE AND CONTAMINATED WATER STREAMS. 25 00:01:19,494 --> 00:01:21,865 THAT SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING 26 00:01:21,865 --> 00:01:23,664 AND FRANKLY, REALLY COOL. 27 00:01:23,664 --> 00:01:24,925 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT DOES. 28 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:27,925 WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT LITTLE 29 00:01:27,925 --> 00:01:31,495 VALVE OUT OF THE DRINK BAG, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PRIME THE TUBE. 30 00:01:31,855 --> 00:01:34,884 THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE THAT BAG, THE DRINK BAG, 31 00:01:35,185 --> 00:01:38,365 AND THEN KIND OF IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS FILL THE ENTIRE FOAM 32 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:39,955 WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG. 33 00:01:41,895 --> 00:01:44,745 THE INTERIOR PIECE OF THAT FOAM IS HIGHLY WETTING. 34 00:01:44,895 --> 00:01:46,815 SO IT WANTS TO SUCK UP THAT WATER. 35 00:01:47,085 --> 00:01:49,305 BUT THEN THERE ARE PIECES ON THE OUTSIDE 36 00:01:49,305 --> 00:01:50,805 THAT ARE HYDROPHOBIC. 37 00:01:50,805 --> 00:01:51,005 SO 38 00:01:51,125 --> 00:01:53,375 IT DOESN'T WANT THE WATER TO PENETRATE THROUGH. 39 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:55,355 SO HOW CAN WE MIX THAT UP? 40 00:01:55,385 --> 00:01:56,135 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? 41 00:01:56,135 --> 00:01:57,155 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 42 00:01:57,365 --> 00:02:00,425 BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO 43 00:02:00,425 --> 00:02:04,955 SIMPLE AS A PIECE OF FOAM, IT CAN POTENTIALLY DO SO MANY THINGS. 44 00:02:05,005 --> 00:02:06,505 IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEOS, YOU SEE IT, YOU'RE GOING 45 00:02:06,505 --> 00:02:07,164 TO THINK IT'S DULL. 46 00:02:07,164 --> 00:02:08,335 AND WHAT ARE THESE GOOFS DOING? 47 00:02:08,845 --> 00:02:11,095 YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT IS 48 00:02:11,095 --> 00:02:12,265 IS IT'S A DYED LIQUID. 49 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:14,545 IT'S ACTUALLY RED FRUIT PUNCH THAT WE USE, WHICH 50 00:02:14,545 --> 00:02:15,865 IS A SIMULANT FOR URINE. 51 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,570 YOU LIKE THE BACKLIGHT 52 00:02:18,570 --> 00:02:18,960 VIEW? 53 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:20,610 YEAH. 54 00:02:20,610 --> 00:02:23,010 WE'RE GEEKING OUT OVER THAT IT GIVES US THE COMPLETE 55 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:23,280 VIEW OF 56 00:02:23,550 --> 00:02:23,790 THIS 57 00:02:23,790 --> 00:02:24,810 WHOLE THING. IT’S NICE. 58 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:26,700 THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 59 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,370 SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT IS TO SEE HOW WELL DOES THE FOAM 60 00:02:34,370 --> 00:02:36,200 HOLD THE LIQUID IN MICROGRAVITY. 61 00:02:36,410 --> 00:02:42,020 AND IF WE COMPLETELY AGITATE IT AND REALLY PUT THIS PIECE 62 00:02:42,020 --> 00:02:43,940 OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE RINGER, HOW WELL DOES IT 63 00:02:44,775 --> 00:02:45,555 BOUNCE BACK. 64 00:02:46,725 --> 00:02:48,945 HONESTLY, THE MOST SURPRISING THING THAT'S COME OUT OF 65 00:02:48,945 --> 00:02:52,755 IT IS HOW SIMPLE WE CAN MAKE THIS TECHNOLOGY. 66 00:02:53,325 --> 00:02:59,225 MAYBE THE FOAM PROJECT IS GOING TO ENABLE A BACKUP SYSTEM 67 00:02:59,225 --> 00:03:02,375 FOR THE TOILETS, OR MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW WASTEWATER 68 00:03:02,375 --> 00:03:03,905 PROCESSING SYSTEM ALTOGETHER. 69 00:03:03,905 --> 00:03:04,385 AND THAT'S JUST 70 00:03:04,470 --> 00:03:05,130 THE FUTURE. 71 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:09,690 IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE ANYTHING IS REALLY POSSIBLE. 72 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:14,000 WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR WORK, WHICH STARTED OUT IN 73 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,480 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND HAS TURNED MORE AND MORE APPLIED, 74 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,700 CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S DELIVERING 75 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:24,050 ON EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT THAT FUNCTIONS WITHOUT MOVING PARTS 76 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,100 OR A MINIMUM OF MOVING PARTS WITHOUT POWER, WITHOUT NOISE. 77 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:32,235 YOU'D LOVE IT TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT JUST WORKS PASSIVELY BY 78 00:03:32,235 --> 00:03:35,985 ITS SHAPE AND WHETHER IT'S ON THE MOON OR IN ORBIT AROUND 79 00:03:35,985 --> 00:03:38,625 THE MOON OR ON WAY TO MARS, WE'D LOVE TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT 80 00:03:38,625 --> 00:03:41,745 WAY AND IN THE WAY THAT MAKES OTHERS ABLE TO DO THAT TOO. 81 00:03:42,135 --> 00:03:45,975 SO BY PUBLISHING THE DESIGN LAWS, BY THE DESIGN EXPERIENCE, 82 00:03:45,985 --> 00:03:48,045 BY THE EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE, WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT TOO.