Designing for resource constraints in space can impact climate resiliency on Earth, a Procter & Gamble<\/b> executive told attendees at the Space Economy Summit hosted by The Economist on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Multinational consumer goods company P&G has worked with NASA since the Apollo program, when it provided personal care products for the Apollo 11 mission. Today, P&G is testing a fully degradable detergent called Tide Infinity with NASA on the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
There is only so much water the ISS can carry, so astronauts can\u2019t wash their clothes. Tide Infinity is designed to work in the close-loop water system on the ISS. <\/p>\n
To design this product, P&G had to think differently about all of the components that go into the cleaning process to come up with something that will remain stable in a micro- or zero-gravity environment, said Jerry Porter, P&G\u2019s chief R&D and innovation officer of Fabric & Home Care, Flavor & Fragrance. <\/p>\n
Porter views the work with NASA and the ISS as a catalyst for P&G to make more progress toward its sustainability goals on Earth. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause [space] is a highly constrained environment, it is going to be a great ecosystem for innovation that allows us to bring technology to accelerate how we reduce our carbon footprint,\u201d Porter said. This ties in with work P&G does on cold water detergent, which reduces the energy impact of laundry. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe see this as a catalyst for us learning how to make super concentrated, super efficient detergents that really can work in resource-constrained environments like water scarcity,\u201d Porter added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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