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...
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
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…
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
It's ok to do theoretical science.
0rg45mlc5uck3r84@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I mean, astronauts do say space smells like burnt steak