How we can mine asteroids for space food

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/how-we-can-mine-asteroids-for-space-food/9EF3C4FA6F32368D09994EB7910C7035

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

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@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I mean, astronauts do say space smells like burnt steak