DailyDirt: Meals On Mars
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Astronauts might hibernate on the way to Mars, but they'll eventually need to wake up and eat something. Astronaut food isn't just freeze-dried ice cream and tubes of mashed up mystery meat. Even though microgravity can adversely affect a person's sense of taste, that doesn't mean astronauts should be expected to live on endlessly dreary meals. Here are just a few links on space foods that astronauts might enjoy.- What foods would you crave if you were isolated from the rest of humanity on another world? Nutella and Spam were on the menu in a simulated Mars mission that studied what astronauts might want to eat. [url]
- Kimchi is a fermented cabbage dish that Korean astronauts won't want to leave behind when traveling in space. Millions of dollars and several years were spent creating a space-worthy version of kimchi that wouldn't offend other astronauts but still serve as a Korean comfort food. [url]
- Martian soil could actually be suitable for growing crops. This conclusion is based on "artificial Martian soil" made from volcanic soil from Earth, so we might want to get some real Martian soil samples to make sure (before anyone relies on Martian farmland for food). [url]
Filed Under: farming, food, kimchi, manned missions, mars, martian soil, nutella, space, space exploration, spam
