The POT He has trips to the Moon between his eyebrows. Through the Artemis mission, the North American space agency and its government and commercial partners want to go to the Earth's natural satellite and settle. The idea is to investigate the lunar surface and from there project towards the rest of the Solar system.
It sounds easy, but there are still many things to solve.
We recently told you that NASA is working on a effective toilet systemso that astronauts traveling to the Moon do not leave excrement lying all over the surface. Putting it in plastic bags and making a landfill is not a viable option. They want something organic that is functional and as least polluting as possible..
They want to do the same with food. According to a review of XatakaNASA wants to make food from air.
How do they intend to achieve this? Through an initiative of the company Solar Foods, based in Finland. This company has an innovative mechanism in which they can produce proteins from carbon dioxide, oxygen and hydrogen.
They will be able to do their work in the future lunar bases, since although these elements are not found on the Moon naturally, they will be found artificially, since every headquarters will have to create the conditions for the astronauts to breathe and that means that in the air there will be hydrogen, carbon dioxide and residual gases.
Solid food for astronauts
The Finnish company proved that it can make protein bars from the bacteria it finds in the air of these elements.
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) seek this initiative to generate a type of solid and varied food for astronauts, which is not the typical one that already exists on the International Space Station (ISS), since chewing will be vital for the mental health of the members of these future missions, which will probably be very extensive.