🚽 ☕ "When it comes to our #urine on #ISS, today’s coffee is tomorrow’s #coffee” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/05/world/space-station-toilet-scn-trnd/index.html
Pictures : #Lunar Loo, Samantha #Cristoforetti drinks #ISSpresso
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#Microorganisms 🦠 as #SpaceFood : The demand for food 🍽️ increases greatly when the duration ⏳ of #space endeavors lengthens. It will be essential that edible #microbial biomass also enables the production of #appealing 😋 foods. #3dFoodPrinting 🖨️ technologies make it possible to manufacture more complex food 🍗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33974-7
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Long-duration human space travel creates challenges for maintaining healthy diets. Here the authors discuss using synthetic biology approaches to modify yeast into an optimal, and enjoyable, food production platform.
Future #astronauts may be able to recycle ♻️ their #breath into #plant food—and ultimately into fresh vegetables 🥕. Lettuce 🥗 grown on acetate could be a step toward plants that can grow in the dark by thriving on #chemical 🧪 rather than solar ☀️ energy. https://www.science.org/content/article/crops-grown-without-sunlight-could-help-feed-astronauts-bound-mars
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