If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management.
We dont fertilize our agriculture with human waste as is, there are far too many diseases and such to be transmitted. I believe the north koreans are doing this, and are often suffering from parasites and disease transmitted this way.
To use it on the moon they would need bioprocessors first that break down the waste thoroughly
It’s full of organics, I’m sure it’d be valuable on the moon for growing things.
We dont fertilize our agriculture with human waste as is, there are far too many diseases and such to be transmitted. I believe the north koreans are doing this, and are often suffering from parasites and disease transmitted this way.
To use it on the moon they would need bioprocessors first that break down the waste thoroughly
Any organic matter would be used.
Yeah of course, but sterilizing it is going to be way way easier than bringing up dirt from earth.
Just put it outside for a while; it’ll freeze-dry and get sterilized.
(I didn’t come up with this insight; I heard it in a video analyzing the plausibility of The Martian.)
Add in some solar exposure and not much survives, from what I’ve read.
It’s a hell storm of radiation up there with no magnetosphere or atmosphere.