LONDON (AP) - Russian scientists are developing a cocktail of
bacteria that will eat underpants in an effort to find new ways
to dispose of astronauts' dirty underwear. The project, aimed at
long space missions lasting months, such as a trip to Mars, is
reported in this week's issue of New Scientist, a London-based
science magazine. The methane gas given off by the disposal unit
could be used to power the spacecraft, the scientists told the
magazine. "This will be a revolution in the science of
biodegradation," said Vyacheslav Ilyin, head of the microbial
ecology laboratory at the Institute for Biological and Medical
Problems at the Russian State Research Center.
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