What will astronauts EAT on missions to Mars? It’s a 3-year mission!
Turns out, there are lots of ideas. It’s estimated that a six-person crew would require 10,000 kilograms or 22,000 lbs of food. That’s almost the size of two elephants. Enter scientist Robert Jinkerson. His idea is to grow plants in space… in the dark.
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I’m not sure I understand how that’s supposed to work. Where does the energy come from, if not light?
Y are we making gmo's ok…
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Why don't they send robots? I always wonder this. We risk human lives in situations like space travel and war, but a small anti personnel drone can take out specific targets while minimizing casualties, or take samples, build structures, record data, set up satellites deployed to space. While our technology of diplomacy with the vacuum of space is so primitive, why are we risking peoples lives to take pictures, gather samples, and make recordings? We haven't even built the first self sustaining atmosphere and habitation unit for space travel. The risks seem to far out weigh anything more than "cool factor" when it comes to humans traveling to mars, or the moon.
I see a new Hollywood title already happening:
Accidental vegetable outgrows and eats human race out of existence.
They eat chlorella and spirogyra
They’ve been trying to grow different plants on the ISS for a while, surely some have succeeded so they know they’ll work!
"We can use the rocks on Mars to feed starving people"
– Elon Musk
When stuck at sea, the weakest would be eaten first.
Will mars be any different? No 😅
Sooooooo cool….
Eat schitt…
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lovingly delicious
I dont think micro nutrients will break down in months if stored properly. Also, take vitamins.
Grow sprouts?
Mushrooms require oxygen???
Dude. Food caves. Cave farms. Holy crap.
Still have to cook them though… Which is the part I hate 😅
No one will never leave this earth never
Was freeze dried food not an option?
Imagine only eating mushrooms for three years then getting a Big Mac and McFlurry on a late Friday night and watching a movie with your family after
I don't think farming in space ships is a sustainable idea. Need too much effort and resources to manage. Also, the harvest doesn't guarantee exactly 100% success.
I think we should established checkpoints of supply depots along the way before making a voyage.
Or… sailing YOLO Colombus Style with whatever supply we can jammed inside.
I know Elon’s planning a mission to Mars, NASA are trying to do what they did to Ivan
Tweaking plants to make sure they do not need sunlight or soil to grow, what could go wrong with that 🤦🏼♂️
That actually sounds like not enough food not gon lie
Astronauts crave soylent green.
Better yet: don't send them. Manned missions are expensive and dangerous. If you want SCIENCE instead of DRAMA, send orbiters, lander's or roversrs.
Ummm… Why in the dark? In space, if you want sunlight… you just turn to face the right direction.
Or we could put solar panels on the rocket and use some super flashlights on them to give them light?
Ok please someone tell me if this works
The fella's name is "Jinkerson"
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Typically fungi doesn't need light like plants. So I guess stock up on them mushrooms
Shorten the trip to one month.
Nothing says cuisine like halitosis shrooms…
What? Only two elephants for 3 years? I myself eat equivalent of almost one elephat in steakhouse the other day for single evening
Rotational gravity, UV lights, solid state batteries, solar panels, nuclear reactor, regular farm, freezer. All of this we have now. Nothing new needs to be invented. Problem solved. Now stop making excuses for why it’s taking so long.
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