NASA is looking for new ways to manage waste while traveling in deep space

Humans have the innate ability to pollute and make each place a dump, from the world's highest peak to the deepest trench in the ocean, there's a trail of waste everywhere. This is also true for the space where there are pieces of debris traveling at thousands of kilometers per hour in low Earth orbit. The moon is no exception. Only 12 people have set foot on the moon, but there is a lot of trash, including at least two vehicles.

Humans now want to travel in the far space and reach Mars will certainly arrive in this generation, if NASA and SpaceX are able to keep their plans on track.

According to a report by NASA, astronauts working on the International Space Station (ISS), the closest humans lived in space, between each refueling mission Capsules are sent back to Earth, they take about two tons of waste and burn them during the school year.

Garbage burning is not an option for manned missions in deep space, NASA notes. As humans move further and further away from Earth, there will be no chance that supply missions will remove garbage and bring goods, so that there is an urgent call to technology for garbage management. The space agency asked the support of the industry to develop this technology

The space agency stresses that storing waste aboard a long-distance spacecraft has logistical limitations and creates biological hazards for the crew on board. Onboard waste storage also canceled the option to extract and reuse the remaining resources.

NASA wants technology to solve many problems at once – waste has to be compacted, biosecurity and physical safety concerns must be met, and resources trapped We also have to change course, says the report. That said, the space agency also said that there are many technologies that private researchers can use. The Heat Melt Compactor compactor and trash to gas methods were mentioned

The solicitation was published by NextStep Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP).