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Topic: FS: Prototype Shuttle Water Filter System
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Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 09-27-2012 04:41 PM
  
This "Prototype Wash Water Renovation System" was designed and built for NASA during the early 1980s. This is a large (and heavy) full scale machine from back when the space agency was contemplating onboard astronaut water filtration for extended stay shuttle missions. This has been in safe storage for many years; since the 1990s when it was auctioned off. After the Challenger accident the Long Duration Shuttle Mission plans were terminated. This has all the appropriate paperwork. It lights up when plugged in; and, as built, it is currently wired for standard 110 volt power source. Note, this unflown prototype is a one-of-a-kind device and part of the once grand plans NASA had for the reusable Space Transportation System.  
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Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 03-11-2014 01:37 PM
This 1980's prototype device is still available. Any opinions regarding the relative value or perceived relevance of this hardware artifact would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. |
pupnik
Member Posts: 116
From: Maryland
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 03-11-2014 04:19 PM
A very cool item but one I doubt I could make a realistic offer on, much less make a good guess on its value due to how unique it is. There's just nothing else to really compare its value to. |
liftoff
Member Posts: 46
From: Watt, Switzerland
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 03-20-2014 02:10 PM
Could you please send me your e-mail address? guido.schwarz@swissspacemuseum.ch |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 03-21-2014 05:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by liftoff:
Could you please send me your e-mail address?
Yes, indeed. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 07-04-2014 11:45 AM
This closed-loop water purification gizmo is still available.  |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 01-18-2015 10:49 AM
Will let this prototype environment friendly water recycling invention go for a fraction of its original research & development investment. Have been unable to confirm; but am guessing that it originally cost NASA several million dollars. Thanks in advance and happy collecting everyone! |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-14-2015 12:06 PM
This rare research item is still available. These are the exact physical dimensions.  ...as noted in the unit's "Operation & Maintenance Manual."  |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 09-09-2015 08:48 AM
This unique gizmo is looking for a new home. Make an offer. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 03-09-2016 12:03 PM
This fine piece will probably find it's way into a museum one day. |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 458
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-09-2016 11:40 PM
Unique and rare doesn't always equal valuable. I mean, it is a hand washer. It once belonged to NASA, sure... but it was to (conceptually) wash hands. And it wasn't even flown! I gotta know, is it still functional? Can I install it in my basement (which is a personal museum of sorts, with lots of great items!) as a personal sanitation station? |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 03-10-2016 01:39 PM
It is a bit more than a glorified hand washer, LOL. It was designed to be a closed loop water purification and reuse system. This unit plugs into a standard US 110v wall socket and the system lights up. To make it actually function one would need new filter canisters which screw into the bottom of the unit. Here are a couple of Abstracts regarding this prototype.  |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-02-2017 04:48 PM
NASA likely spent several million dollars on design and development of this proof-of-concept piece of hardware. It can be yours for a fraction of that price. Am entertaining all serious offers. As seen in the above photo this critter was nicknamed "Nomad" notated in red right below the space shuttle system logo. 
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Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 03-28-2018 12:02 PM
This unique NASA experimental piece is still available. Loving caretaker is patiently waiting for this baby to find a happy new home in a museum, a hands-on science center, or perhaps the basement of a fellow space collector in the USA. Unfortunately, this device not allowed for export.  |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 08-16-2018 12:07 PM
This full scale model prototype was designed to fit inside the space shuttle orbiter mid-deck. Standing in its intended upright position it is nine feet tall by about two feet wide and three feet deep. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-03-2019 08:05 AM
This unusual NASA astronaut outer space environment long term survivability prototype unit is still available. Perhaps this is something that Elon Musk or Robert Bigelow would be interested in? |
JohnSpaceUK
Member Posts: 50
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 06-03-2019 12:02 PM
The thing is, the item is not particularly glamorous, it's not flown, and it's not even flight spec, so the parts couldn't be salvaged and used in something else.In my opinion the only way to shift it would be to donate it to a willing establishment for display, but for the aforementioned reasons why would they want it? |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 458
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-03-2019 05:09 PM
Ding-ding-ding! "We have a winner!!!" John...It is worth nothing except its value as a curio of research and development. I would also point out that you have not posted an asking price per cS board policy. What are you asking for it? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4580
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-03-2019 07:49 PM
Hollywood rental potential as a prop/set dressing. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 44344
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-03-2019 08:04 PM
I think you could find interest if donated to a smaller space museum — such as The Space Museum in Bonne Terre, Missouri, the American Space Museum in Titusville, Florida, or The Space Station in Novato, California — which could devote the floor space and time to putting the hardware into its context and have it be of interest to their visitors. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-04-2019 09:05 AM
Thanks for the insights and opinions. Still trying to determine a current value? If NASA spent about $2 million in 1983 then in today's dollars a 90% discount would come to a sale price of around $400K. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1020
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 02-17-2020 10:53 AM
This research module is still available. |
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