Bonjour!

Thanks for the note and your question about water. On board Ocean Planet is a 'water machine' made by Spectra (from the USA) that uses a high pressure pump and super fine membrane to strain the salt out of sea water! It works very well and I get plenty of very tasty water.

I even use a lot to do some laundry and of course to take a bath now and then.

When I get to land I really look forward to seeing my friends, and also to sleeping all night long again...;-)

Bruce and Ocean Planet,
From 50 42S, 99 56W @ 1730 UT on Jan 14.

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: "Classe de CE1 CE2 Ecole de Celle (86)"
Sent: Jan 14, 2005 8:17 AM
To: Bruce Schwab
Subject: Nouveau Message pour Bruce Schwab

Dear Bruce,
We are pupils from the school Perle d'eau. We would like to ask you two questions.
You have some water to drink during the race. Where does it come from ?
What is the first thing you will do when you'll arrive on the earth ?
Have a nice trip ! Good luck !
The children from the school