#Microorganisms 🦠 as #SpaceFood : The demand for food 🍽️ increases greatly when the duration ⏳ of #space endeavors lengthens. It will be essential that edible #microbial biomass also enables the production of #appealing πŸ˜‹ foods. #3dFoodPrinting πŸ–¨οΈ technologies make it possible to manufacture more complex food πŸ— https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33974-7

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Future #astronauts may be able to recycle ♻️ their #breath into #plant foodβ€”and ultimately into fresh vegetables πŸ₯•. Lettuce πŸ₯— grown on acetate could be a step toward plants that can grow in the dark by thriving on #chemical πŸ§ͺ rather than solar β˜€οΈ energy. https://www.science.org/content/article/crops-grown-without-sunlight-could-help-feed-astronauts-bound-mars

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