Having a nybble of astronaut ice cream is a rite of enactment for field - tripping American youths , but the reality of subsisting solely on strong suit dehydrated vittles with long ledge lives does n’t have the same kind of novelty in distance . NASA has already been developing tactics to fight “ menu fatigue , ” and later on this year will label thefirst timethat unfermented food will actually be uprise right smart out in orbit .
https://gizmodo.com/space-food-sucks-nasas-quest-to-serve-astronauts-four-517568578
Jesse Hirsch over atModern Farmertakes a closer look at the organisation ’s Vegetable Production System ( VEGGIE ) , which this December will see six heads of lettuce in “ Kevlar pillow packs ” brought to living in 28 day under neon - pinkish light-emitting diode light on the ISS . A half - dozen clustering of leafy greens is plain not enough to gorge the crowd farseeing - term , but a successful crop would be a major development in the seeking to figure out how to sustain human aliveness beyond our major planet . The welfare are psychological as well as physical ; the act of gardening offers a welcome piece of “ horticultural therapy ” that could prove hugely good to the general common sense of well - being in zero - g.
regrettably , this initial harvest time wo n’t be for eating on board ; it will be freeze , stored , and prove for cosmic microbes back on earth . Hopefully in the lag they ’re working on a really good intergalactic ranch grooming . [ Modern Farmer ]
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