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How we can mine asteroids for space food (www.cambridge.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] FuglyDuck 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or we can focus on growing food. Vegan diet. Aeroponics. All that.

Might have to extract raw mineral nutrients from rocks, but, eh, that’s far less …. Involved…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

After comparing the experimental pyrolysis breakdown products, which were able to be converted to biomass using a consortia, it was hypothesized that equivalent chemicals found on asteroids could also be converted to biomass with the same nutritional content as the pyrolyzed products. This study is a mathematical exercise...

It's ok to do theoretical science.

[–] 0rg45mlc5uck3r84 3 points 3 days ago

I mean, astronauts do say space smells like burnt steak