Space Settlement Designer's Corner
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Inputs and outputs for one person in one day (averages)
Inputs:
3.1 kg of food (dry weight)
15-20 kg of water (including drinking water and the water content of food)
4.4 kg of oxygen
Outputs
7.3 kg of urine
8.8 kg of "metabolic water" -- exhaled in breathing and evaporated from the skin
4.8 kg of carbon dioxide
0.88 kg of solid waste
From
Humans in Space
by Harry L. Shipman.
Curators:
Al Globus
and
Bryan Yager
NASA Responsible Official:
Dr. Ruth Globus
Last Updated:
July 10, 2002
If you find any errors on this page contact
Al Globus
.