The $35m Mission to Grow Food in Space

Get the 5-minute newsletter keeping 2M+ innovators in the loop: https://thehustle.co/ As astronauts explore deep space, getting them nutritious food will only become more necessary as they travel on longer missions. Right now, astronauts receive regular shipments of freeze-dried and prepackaged meals. According to NASA: "When crews venture further into space, traveling for months or years without resupply shipments, the vitamins in prepackaged form break down over time, which presents a problem for astronaut health." While NASA looks for ways to provide freshly grown fruits and vegetables in space in a closed environment without sunlight and Earth's gravity, s research group at Melbourne University received $35m to try to figure out how to produce food in space. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/28/farmbots-flavour-pills-and-zero-gravity-beer-inside-the-mission-to-grow-food-in-space https://www.nasa.gov/exploration-research-and-technology/growing-plants-in-space/