# Comet water

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-water/6649 "2000-01-26T17:44:00Z")\
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Oh, and there’s a sequence where a spacecraft gets water for fuel from Halley’s Comet in Arthur C. Clarke’s _2061: Odyssey Three_. The captain is dubious till Heywood Floyd demonstrates the water’s purity by drinking some of it. Unfortunately, the comet water acts like a purgative on poor Floyd!

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