National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will pay up to $1 million prize money to people who will come up with innovative and sustainable food production ideas to feed the astronauts in Space.
The US space agency gears up to send astronauts further into the cosmos than ever before. As long as future explorers are able to prepare nutrient-rich, tasty, and satisfying food during long-term space missions, they will have the necessary energy to discover the great unknown.
Food loses its nutritional value over time the period of time. To bring the pre-packaged food on a multi-year mission to Mars will not meet all of the needs for astronaut health.
As part of its Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA is working with the Canadian Space Agency to develop, build, and demonstrate prototypes of food production technologies that will provide tangible nutritional products.
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington DC, associate administrator Jim Reuter said, “Feeding astronauts over long periods within the constraints of space travel will require innovative solutions. Pushing the boundaries of food technology will keep future explorers healthy and could even help people here at home”.
Food loses its nutritional value over time the period of time. To bring the pre-packaged food on a multi-year mission to Mars will not meet all of the needs for astronaut health.
