NASA HAS OFFERED A $1 MILLION PRIZE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN MANUFACTURE FOOD FOR ASTRONAUTS ON MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND MARS.

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 Humans will be sent to the Moon and subsequently to Mars as governments push further into the boundaries of our cosmos, beyond Earth's orbit. To endure the harshness of space and perform in unfriendly settings, astronauts will need to be well fed.

Nasa plans to modernise food production in order to ensure that astronauts receive nutritious food in the future, allowing future explorers the technology to prepare nutritious, flavorful, and gratifying meals on long-duration space missions. Nasa has urged the public to help develop new and sustainable food production methods or systems that use few resources and produce little waste, in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency.

"Long-term feeding of astronauts within the limits of space travel will necessitate creative methods. Pushing the limits of food technology will keep future explorers healthy and may even aid in the feeding of people here at home "NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate's associate administrator, Jim Reuter, stated.

WHAT IS THE NEED FOR ASTRONAUTS TO PRODUCE IN SPACE?

According to Nasa, food loses its nutritional value over time, therefore carrying along pre-packaged food will not cover all of the criteria for astronauts' health on a multi-year trip to Mars. Meanwhile, supply chain disruption could result in a slew of new shortages. Chronic difficulties on Earth, in both urban and rural communities, could exacerbate concerns with food supplies.

Teams will be required to develop, build, and show prototypes of food production technology that deliver actual nutritional items or food in the Deep Space Food Challenge.


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