Exploring the vast extraterrestrial space is an inevitable trend with continuous human development.Water treatment and reuse are crucial in the limited and closed space that is available in spaceships or long-term use...Exploring the vast extraterrestrial space is an inevitable trend with continuous human development.Water treatment and reuse are crucial in the limited and closed space that is available in spaceships or long-term use space bases that will be established in the foreseeable future.Dedicated water treatment technologies have experienced iterative development for more than 60 years since the first manned spaceflight was successfully launched.Herein,we briefly review the related wastewater characteristics and the history of water treatment in space stations,and we focus on future challenges and perspectives,aiming at providing insights for optimizing wastewater treatment technologies and closing the water cycle in future.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52070183,and 52270081)the International Cooperation and Exchange of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51820105011)the Program of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘Exploring the vast extraterrestrial space is an inevitable trend with continuous human development.Water treatment and reuse are crucial in the limited and closed space that is available in spaceships or long-term use space bases that will be established in the foreseeable future.Dedicated water treatment technologies have experienced iterative development for more than 60 years since the first manned spaceflight was successfully launched.Herein,we briefly review the related wastewater characteristics and the history of water treatment in space stations,and we focus on future challenges and perspectives,aiming at providing insights for optimizing wastewater treatment technologies and closing the water cycle in future.