Tide, marca de detergentes de Procter & Gamble (P&G), ha dado su primer paso hacia una solución de detergente viable para los astronautas que viajen al espacio durante las próximas décadas.On December 21 at 5:06 AM Est, Tide Infinity took off at the Spacex CRS-24 to the International Space Station after an agreement with NASA.
Tide Infinity is a totally degradable detergent, specifically designed for use in space, with the ability to solve the problems of bad smell, cleaning and elimination of spots, while it is suitable for use in a circuit water systemclosed.These washing solution represents a significant advance for future cleaning solutions in environments with limited resources such as deep space and areas with water shortage on earth.Tide scientists are working with NASA - after the signing of an agreement of the Space Law - to continue studying the efficiency of resources, discovering new practical applications for the future of laundry on Earth.
During the preliminary tests performed on Earth with this detergent, the results have shown that Tide Infinity could be used to wash clothes in areas with a shortage of water resources, and the gray waters resulting from the laundry could be recycled and reused with the help of awater recovery system.
In addition, Tide scientists have designed several experiments that will be carried out to study the elimination of spots and the stability of the detergent during their stay in space.With the Tide Infinity trip to the International Space Station initiated on December 21, scientists will be able to study the performance of cleaning enzymes used in Tide Infinity after being exposed to low and no gravity spatial environments.In addition, the detergent will also undergo tests after spending time in extreme spatial environments.
At the beginning of 2022, Tide will embark on the CRS-17 of Northrop Grumman, with additional tests planned.These tests will study how the elimination of spots with the pencil chitamanchas tide to go pen and the removal wipes tide to go wipes are affected in the absence of gravity in front of the earth, as well as the effectiveness of the different components of the tide to go productsIn the specific spots of astronauts in space.
