'Space smoothies' may help astronauts stomach long missions

Sure, space travel sounds exciting, but space travelers are still workers – workers who could ordinarily go to restaurants for lunch or go home for dinner. And while the dining habits of cosmonauts, astronauts, taikonauts, and other void-venturers might seem trivial to us Earth-bound folks who’ll never get to traipse among the stars, space travelers do face serious complications from their truly risky missions in which they sacrifice days, months, or even years away from family, friends, and Earth to expand our knowledge and prepare a multiplanetary future for humanity.

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Category: Space Systems, Engineering

Tags: University of Adelaide, University of Nottingham, Nutrition, Food technology, Astronauts, Space Travel, American Chemical Society