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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’re both wise enough, NASA will give you up to $ 500,000 to figure out a way to get astronauts fresh food on deep space missions. No biggie, right?
It’s called ‘The Deep Space Food Challenge’ and is designed to help NASA figure out how to ‘provide future space explorers and people on Earth with nutritious food that they will enjoy’ so they don’t always have to rely on that freeze-dried stuff while hanging out in deep space.
Deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables “offer profound psychological benefits,” the paper said Space Food for Thought: Challenges and Considerations for Food and Nutrition on Reconnaissance Missions. Such deliveries would be virtually impossible on a distant 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.
That’s where you come in! Solve the problem of figuring out how to get fresh and wholesome food that is safe and easy to grow and harvest on a ship and you have a winner! The contest’s page also notes that such a solution, which would make efficient use of volume, water and other constraints, could be used for areas of hunger and food shortages on Earth. Win win!
If you are up for the challenge, you must register by May 28 and your Phase 1 ideas must be submitted by July 30. NASA is giving $ 25,000 to up to 20 of their favorite ideas from this round and they will be asked to move on to Phase 2. More info here, by the way. Good luck!!
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