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__Life in Space__

__Eating__ added back to the food just before it is eaten. After adding the needed amount of water, the food can then be either placed in an oven if it is served hot or directly eaten if the food is served cold.
 * Rehydratable items include both foods and beverages. One way it can be conserved during launch is to remove water from certain food items. During the flight, water generated by the shuttle fuel cells is
 * Thermostabalized foods are heat processed to destroy harmful enzymes and microorganisms. Foods include entrees and meat products.
 * Nuts, granola bars and cookies immediately ready to eat with no special preparation.
 * only food that needs refrigerence are fresh fruit
 * **once crew members select their meals/menu they (menus) are analyzed to make sure they meet all nutritional values and that they aren't deficiencies**
 * minimal iron in food because in space you have fewer blood cells. excess iron causes health problems
 * grow food;peanuts, potatoes, soybeans, wheat, tomatoes, carrots and spinach
 * Since resources are limited, the amount of clothes used is minimal:change shirts and shorts every 10 days, underwear and socks every other day, 2 sweeters, launch re-entry uniform, space suit. Since we are on board for almost 6 months we will wash our clothes to limit excess disposal and garbage. We will wash clothes by wetting them down with mositend tolliets then rub them with bar soap place in plastic bag and squeeze.

Beverages come in powdered form and include coffee, tea, apple cider, orange juice and lemonade. The beverage package is made from a foil laminate to provide maximum barrier prop- erties for a longer product shelf life. Aseptum adapter is sealed in the package after the beverage powder has been added. The

NASA plans to grow fruits and vegetables on **space farms ** -- greenhouses that are temperature-controlled, artificially lit and employ a **hydroponic system **, which uses nutrients instead of typical soil. Crops might include soybeans, peanuts, spinach, cabbage, lettuce and rice. Wheat berries and soybeans can be grown and processed into pasta or bread. The astronauts would then prepare these foods into home-cooked meals in a galley kitchen. According to NASA, a sample Martian dinner menu might include spinach and tomato crouton salad, wheat pasta with tomato sauce and a __[|chocolate] __ peanut butter soymilk shake.  **These indoor farms would reduce the need** for costly resupply missions while removing carbon dioxide from the air, thus replenishing the astronauts' breathing supply, and could produce about 500 pounds of oxygen a year. Gene Giacomelli, a University of Arizona agricultural researcher and the lead investigator of a NASA-funded growth chamber for the moon, envisions a multiarmed, inflatable greenhouse building staffed with robots that do the bulk of the work. "Astronauts should not have to be farmers," he says.

Read more: [|Lunar Greenhouse Technology - NASA Space Farming - Popular Mechanics]

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