14. Will there be any access to hot water? (A K2S Question)

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Yes, as long as the items or fluids being heated are contained in a sealed container that allow sufficient room for expansion, and so long as the spacecraft or station is equipped with systems for reclaiming any vapors released. Condensation in a sealed environment is a problem. The International Space Station (ISS) has evaporative reclaimers to reduce condensation, but depends to a certain degree on being able to offload excess waste-water to Shuttles for disposal. The Shuttles typically vented this excess waste-water to space prior to returning to the Earth.


Answer provided by Joe Rhemann


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer