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Do you have a passion for food? (Hello, yes, you do, that’s why you’re here !!). What about a passion for space travel? If you’ve had enough of both, NASA wants to give you up to $ 500,000 to find a way to get astronauts fresh food while you’re on deep space missions. No biggie, right?
Called ‘The Deep Space Food Challenge’, it’s designed to help NASA figure out how ‘future space explorers and humans on Earth can provide nutritious food that they’ll enjoy’ so they don’t always have to deal with those freeze-dried things to trust. stroll into the deep space.
According to the newspaper, deliveries of fresh fruit and vegetables offer a great psychological benefit Space for reflection: challenges and considerations for food and nutrition on expeditions. Such deliveries would be virtually impossible during a deep space mission, such as one to Mars, according to UPI, and any method of producing food on a spaceship would face time, space, and environmental constraints due to the nature of these ships.
This is where you come in! Solve the problem to find out how to get fresh and healthy food that can be grown and harvested safely and easily on a ship, and you have a winner! The competition’s page also notes that such a solution, which will effectively utilize the volume, water and other constraints, can be used to benefit areas with hunger and food shortages on earth. Win-win!
If you take up the challenge, you must register by 28 May and your Phase 1 ideas must be submitted by 30 July. NASA is giving away $ 25,000 to 20 of their favorite ideas from this round and they will be asked to go to Phase 2. More info here, VAT. Strength!!
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