CosmicQuest
Living in Space

Your space station
You need:  water, food, power, toilet
Instrument panel
1 gallon of water

Good guess—many survival guides recommend drinking a gallon of water each day when hiking or working outdoors. But that's more water than you need to drink in space—and every pound matters, so try again!

1 cup of water
1 cup
(.5 lbs/.27 kg)
2.5 quarts of water
2 quarts
(4 lbs/1.8 kg)
Freeze-dried water
10 gallons, freeze-dried
(1 ounce/27 grams)

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