Space Spuds to the Rescue
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/
Quantum Tubers™
http://www.quantumtubers.com/
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/
Potatoes will be important for the space traveler but there needs to be more than french fries and what is good in space may well be good here on Earth as well.
- LRK -
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http://www.nasa.gov/audience/
Space Food Fact Sheets
Space Food
Many people are curious about what astronauts eat in space. NASA nutritionists make sure they have plenty of healthy, appetizing food while they're living in orbit.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 98 Kb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
Incredible Edibles from Space
Space food technology spinoffs benefit dining rooms throughout the world. NASA licenses dozens of space-age technologies and connects with the private sector for the creation of products that improve lives here on Earth.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 2.5 Mb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
Cosmic Cuisine
NASA space food scientists are developing an Advanced Food System that will provide future crews traveling to the moon and Mars with safe, nutritious and appetizing food while minimizing volume, mass and
waste.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 59 Kb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
snip
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Some other information to test your taste buds.
- LRK -
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http://science.howstuffworks.
How Space Food Works
By the 1960s, NASA achieved an extraordinary technological feat by sending men into space. Yet one deceptively simple aspect of space travel took several more years to perfect: the food. Today most space food looks a lot like food here on the ground. What started out as tasteless paste squeezed out of a toothpastelike tube has come a long way from space exploration's early days. Astronauts are even getting treated to gourmet meals designed by celebrity chefs.
But what is space food? A typical space menu is made up of a lot of the same items found in homes and restaurants here on Earth. It might include foods such as:
* Beef stroganoff
* Brownies
* Crispy rice cereal
* Chicken stew
* Scrambled eggs
* Pineapple
* Granola bars
* Macaroni and cheese
* Chocolate pudding
The biggest differences between space food and regular food are in the packaging and design. Space food must be carefully contained so it doesn't float around in the low-gravity (microgravity) environment.
Even something as simple as a few crumbs can become deadly in low gravity. Loose pieces of food can become lodged in shuttle vents or can waft into an astronaut's nose or mouth and pose a choking or breathing hazard. Liquids can float away as well, so drinks like coffee, orange juice, apple cider and tea are packaged as powders. Astronauts add water to the contained drinks to rehydrate them.
snip
------------------------------
When we look up and think about space travel it excites the imagination. Give some students the challenge to figure out what is needed to survive and see what they find.
http://library.thinkquest.org/
- LRK -
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http://library.thinkquest.org/
Space Travel 101
Food
Eating aboard a spacecraft is more than just grabbing some fast-food. Biological, operational, and engineering factors all play a part in the types of food that are available in a spacecraft. These factors involve the effect of the food on the astronaut, the structure of the food's container, and how manageable the food and container is, respectively. The following table lists factors that determine good space food.
snip
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Some history about Space food.
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Space food
Space food is food products, specially created and processed for consumption by astronauts in outer space. The food has specific requirements of providing balanced nutrition for the health of individuals working in space, while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery filled low gravity environments of contemporary manned spacecrafts. In recent years, space food have been used by various nations engaging on space programs as a way to share and show off their cultural identity and facilitate intercultural communication.
snip
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Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.
Comments accepted here - http://lunar-update.blogspot.
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/
==============================
http://www.space-travel.com/
Food Vital During Long Space Flights
by Staff Writers
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 20, 2009
A new study in the Journal of Food Science explores the impact of space flight on the nutritional value of foods. Maintaining the health of the crew aboard a spacecraft is a critical issue especially during extended trips. Because foods may lose their nutrients during extended space missions, food scientists are analyzing ways to increase shelf life of nutrients in the food.
Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston evaluated the stability of fatty acids, amino acids and vitamins in supplements and in foods from a long-duration spaceflight on the International Space Station (ISS). Tested items included tortillas, almonds and dried apricots, commercially-packed salmon, freeze-dried broccoli au gratin, multivitamins, and vitamin D supplements.
snip
==============================
http://www.foodnavigator.com/
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries
25-Jul-2005
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries as the US space organisation NASA calls on food researchers to answer the needs of its astronauts, reports Lindsey Partos. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme, is seeking a host of developments within the context of its 'Advanced Life Support: Food Provisioning and Biomass' topic.
The development of long duration, shelf-stable food to allow 3 to 5 year storage, food preparation equipment, and "highly automated| equipment to process or prepare crops grown in space or bulk stored ingredients are among the areas requiring new research, says NASA.
Understanding the most extreme conditions for food products has already brought gains for product formulation on Earth, and to innovative food firms opting to invest in ambitious development areas.
Danish food firm Arla Food Ingredients, for example, recently developed a new yoghurt for consumption by NASA's astronauts.
The dairy ingredients supplier worked with US food technologists at the Johnson Space Centre to design safe, health-promoting, lightweight foods.
When the expedition 11 crew took off to the International Space Station in mid-April, Arla's fruit flavoured yoghurts were on board.
"In the near and mid-term, new products are expected to arrive on the shelves, influenced by our experiences for the International Space Station," Carsten Hallund Slot, project manager at Arla Foods Innovation told FoodNavigator.com.
snip
==============================
http://www.space-travel.com/
South Korean Space Foods Receive Russian Certification
by Staff Writers
Seoul, Korea (XNA) Mar 25, 2010
South Korean food products designed to be consumed in space have received certification from a Russian laboratory, the state-run Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) said Wednesday.
A total of 10 types of specially manufactured food products, including traditional dishes like fried Kimchi, hot pepper paste, bulgogi or beef stew, and bibimbab, a bowl of mixed rice and vegetables, have won the certification by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP) last week after passing extensive testing, the KFRI said in a statement.
All food products were adjusted to fit the European astronauts' different tastes, and were specially repackaged to have longer shelf life, according to KFRI, as they were produced under high pressure and heat with below-five percent moisture content.
It added the new products will first be tested in the Russian- led Mars-500 experiment where six astronaut candidates will be locked up in an area totally segregated from the outside world and try the food in order to check its viability in a space-like environment.
snip
==============================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================
Space Food Fact Sheets
Space Food
Many people are curious about what astronauts eat in space. NASA nutritionists make sure they have plenty of healthy, appetizing food while they're living in orbit.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 98 Kb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
Incredible Edibles from Space
Space food technology spinoffs benefit dining rooms throughout the world. NASA licenses dozens of space-age technologies and connects with the private sector for the creation of products that improve lives here on Earth.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 2.5 Mb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
Cosmic Cuisine
NASA space food scientists are developing an Advanced Food System that will provide future crews traveling to the moon and Mars with safe, nutritious and appetizing food while minimizing volume, mass and
waste.
+ Read the Fact Sheet (PDF 59 Kb)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/
snip
------------------------------
Some other information to test your taste buds.
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://science.howstuffworks.
How Space Food Works
By the 1960s, NASA achieved an extraordinary technological feat by sending men into space. Yet one deceptively simple aspect of space travel took several more years to perfect: the food. Today most space food looks a lot like food here on the ground. What started out as tasteless paste squeezed out of a toothpastelike tube has come a long way from space exploration's early days. Astronauts are even getting treated to gourmet meals designed by celebrity chefs.
But what is space food? A typical space menu is made up of a lot of the same items found in homes and restaurants here on Earth. It might include foods such as:
* Beef stroganoff
* Brownies
* Crispy rice cereal
* Chicken stew
* Scrambled eggs
* Pineapple
* Granola bars
* Macaroni and cheese
* Chocolate pudding
The biggest differences between space food and regular food are in the packaging and design. Space food must be carefully contained so it doesn't float around in the low-gravity (microgravity) environment.
Even something as simple as a few crumbs can become deadly in low gravity. Loose pieces of food can become lodged in shuttle vents or can waft into an astronaut's nose or mouth and pose a choking or breathing hazard. Liquids can float away as well, so drinks like coffee, orange juice, apple cider and tea are packaged as powders. Astronauts add water to the contained drinks to rehydrate them.
snip
------------------------------
When we look up and think about space travel it excites the imagination. Give some students the challenge to figure out what is needed to survive and see what they find.
http://library.thinkquest.org/
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://library.thinkquest.org/
Space Travel 101
Food
Eating aboard a spacecraft is more than just grabbing some fast-food. Biological, operational, and engineering factors all play a part in the types of food that are available in a spacecraft. These factors involve the effect of the food on the astronaut, the structure of the food's container, and how manageable the food and container is, respectively. The following table lists factors that determine good space food.
snip
------------------------------
Some history about Space food.
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Space food
Space food is food products, specially created and processed for consumption by astronauts in outer space. The food has specific requirements of providing balanced nutrition for the health of individuals working in space, while being easy and safe to store, prepare and consume in the machinery filled low gravity environments of contemporary manned spacecrafts. In recent years, space food have been used by various nations engaging on space programs as a way to share and show off their cultural identity and facilitate intercultural communication.
snip
------------------------------
Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.
Comments accepted here - http://lunar-update.blogspot.
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/
==============================
http://www.space-travel.com/
Food Vital During Long Space Flights
by Staff Writers
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 20, 2009
A new study in the Journal of Food Science explores the impact of space flight on the nutritional value of foods. Maintaining the health of the crew aboard a spacecraft is a critical issue especially during extended trips. Because foods may lose their nutrients during extended space missions, food scientists are analyzing ways to increase shelf life of nutrients in the food.
Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston evaluated the stability of fatty acids, amino acids and vitamins in supplements and in foods from a long-duration spaceflight on the International Space Station (ISS). Tested items included tortillas, almonds and dried apricots, commercially-packed salmon, freeze-dried broccoli au gratin, multivitamins, and vitamin D supplements.
snip
==============================
http://www.foodnavigator.com/
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries
25-Jul-2005
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries as the US space organisation NASA calls on food researchers to answer the needs of its astronauts, reports Lindsey Partos. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme, is seeking a host of developments within the context of its 'Advanced Life Support: Food Provisioning and Biomass' topic.
The development of long duration, shelf-stable food to allow 3 to 5 year storage, food preparation equipment, and "highly automated| equipment to process or prepare crops grown in space or bulk stored ingredients are among the areas requiring new research, says NASA.
Understanding the most extreme conditions for food products has already brought gains for product formulation on Earth, and to innovative food firms opting to invest in ambitious development areas.
Danish food firm Arla Food Ingredients, for example, recently developed a new yoghurt for consumption by NASA's astronauts.
The dairy ingredients supplier worked with US food technologists at the Johnson Space Centre to design safe, health-promoting, lightweight foods.
When the expedition 11 crew took off to the International Space Station in mid-April, Arla's fruit flavoured yoghurts were on board.
"In the near and mid-term, new products are expected to arrive on the shelves, influenced by our experiences for the International Space Station," Carsten Hallund Slot, project manager at Arla Foods Innovation told FoodNavigator.com.
snip
==============================
http://www.space-travel.com/
South Korean Space Foods Receive Russian Certification
by Staff Writers
Seoul, Korea (XNA) Mar 25, 2010
South Korean food products designed to be consumed in space have received certification from a Russian laboratory, the state-run Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) said Wednesday.
A total of 10 types of specially manufactured food products, including traditional dishes like fried Kimchi, hot pepper paste, bulgogi or beef stew, and bibimbab, a bowl of mixed rice and vegetables, have won the certification by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP) last week after passing extensive testing, the KFRI said in a statement.
All food products were adjusted to fit the European astronauts' different tastes, and were specially repackaged to have longer shelf life, according to KFRI, as they were produced under high pressure and heat with below-five percent moisture content.
It added the new products will first be tested in the Russian- led Mars-500 experiment where six astronaut candidates will be locked up in an area totally segregated from the outside world and try the food in order to check its viability in a space-like environment.
snip
==============================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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