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The Challenges of Providing Food in Space

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Watch this video about food technology in long space trips on HowStuffWorks. This segment contains describes the technology and goals for food on space missions. The Food Tech in Long Space Trip segment describes how food is stored, and the challenges of providing food in space. The Food Tech in Long Space Trip segment next describes the processing and preparing of food on the planet Mars. The Food Tech in Long Space Trip segment also discusses some of the issues with food like food preparation time, food preparation tools, weight of food, weight of food processing machines, what nutrition astronauts will need to maintain healthy bodies and the effects of radiation on food. Learn how food technology in long space trips works in this video from NASA Destination Tomorrow.

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