The Soyuz spacecraft carring Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa was successfully launched at 5:12 a.m. on June 8 (Wed., Japan Standard Time) !!
I was so excited!!
and I play for all of the safety.
Today's topic is the Space Foods!
How do the Astronauts eat foods?
What kind of food can eat in space??
NASA has about 200 to 300 kinds of space foods.
It is foreign foods, and Japanese foods are also eat.
Today, they can eat meals just like we do on Earth!!
but,Space foods are in plastic containers.
Some of them can eat by adding water, or be heated in the oven.
A straw is used to drink liquids in sealed package.
(this picture is miso soup and hinomaru-bento)
There are Some rules of space food.
*must be safety
*must be preserved for a long time
*hygiene (cleanliness) must be high
*do not happen dangerous factor when eating
Of course, the food menus are controlled the balance nutrients and calories,
But the astronaut's favorite is also fully considered.
Because
mealtime is one of the few times for busy astronauts to relax!!
Astronaut Noguchi brought curry and rice, and ramen in his mission:)
So eating have very important means for them.
It can work to refresh and reduce the feelings of mental stress
by taking the rich variety delicious meals,
and help them to maintenance and the improvement of the performance.
If you get more interests, please watch the movie of this site!
http://www.jaxagoods.net/space_foods/space_foods.html
You can eat the Space Food at your home on the Earth!!
http://www.jaxagoods.net/
Wow! Thank you for writing agout space food! I got so interested! I did not know that there are 200-300 kinds. That's much more than I expected! I'm curious about rice cracker. We can eat it easily with water on the earth because we have gravity, but in space there is no gravity, so it seems troublesome to eat it with water!! How do they eat it??
ReplyDeleteIn space, the things we normally do on the earth become difficult things to do. When astronauts eat, they might have some difficulties which we, on the earth, do not have. We should respect them!!
If KUIS has space food for lunch, do you want to buy and eat it?
Hi, I'm Yuki,male!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at the number of space foods!
I think that they can enjoy planning and eating meals every day.
But there are some strict rules, and also how to eat is limited.
I once wanna try zero gravity though, ususal meal is the best after all.haha