Mission Astro-food: Sugar to be made in space by microbes

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3049, 2015, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Matt Damon's character in The Martian has to grow potatoes in his own feces to survive on Mars. But there may be more appealing ways to make food in space, like using bacteria to make chemicals we can eat, such as sugar. The idea is now set to be put to the test in space for the first time. Genetically modified bacteria will be sent up on a German satellite in 2017 to see if they can survive the launch and cosmic radiation, and function under reduced gravity.