Comments on: In the Glorious Future, Could Space Travel Be Poop-Powered? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/11/18/in-the-glorious-future-could-space-travel-be-poop-powered/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Edwin Dean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/11/18/in-the-glorious-future-could-space-travel-be-poop-powered/comment-page-1/#comment-55836 Edwin Dean Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:54:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=14207#comment-55836 Wouldn't it be simpler to run a fuel cell on methane? There are a LOT of bacteria that produce methane from fecal matter. On the other appendage, hydrogen fuel cells produce distilled water as their exhaust, which can immediately be routed into the vessel's life-support system. Wouldn’t it be simpler to run a fuel cell on methane? There are a LOT of bacteria that produce methane from fecal matter.

On the other appendage, hydrogen fuel cells produce distilled water as their exhaust, which can immediately be routed into the vessel’s life-support system.

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