Stowage and trash problem experienced by NASA
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NASA experiences stowage and trash problem.
Since NASA started sending humans to space, there has been a problem of stowage and trash.
What is stowage?
Stowage is the amount of room or space available to store materials in an airplane, ship or tank.
NASA is trying to figure out ways to store things in space and get rid of the trash. The simplest things on Earth are most challenging in space. In space, it is difficult to dispose of waste materials. These problems will increase during the missions of Mars.
Stowage Problems
Astronauts waste more than 25% of their time looking for things and storing them. Inside the International Space Station, every empty space is a stowage area. The empty spaces could be walls, floors and even ceilings.
Inside the space station, food, astronauts suits, tools, experiments are squeezed into tight modules. Even the waste is stored. The astronauts need to find the space to live and work in the same module.
Trash disposal
Trash is another problem in space. Currently, ISS astronauts pack returning capsules with trash they store. Another problem is that sometimes, the crafts fly in and out with a weekly gap. In the meanwhile, the waste accumulates in the ISS itself.
Steps taken by NASA
NASA knows that they need to solve the stowage and trash problem. HeroX and NASA have launched a competition in which people have to design a solution for waste. They have announced a prize of $24,000 to the person or team who comes up with a better solution.
Until new solutions are found, the astronauts need to store everything including trash in their living spaces.
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