http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/24/nasa...ld-hunger/
Now here's something that deserves much more than 125k USD.... crowdfunding, anyone?
Quote:NASA just threw a $125,000, six-month grant at a project by Anjan Contractor, a mechanical engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin to develop a working prototype of his proposed universal food synthesizer.
“Long distance space travel requires 15-plus years of shelf life,” Contractor told Quartz. “The way we are working on it is, all the carbs, proteins and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form. We take moisture out, and in that form it will last maybe 30 years.”
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/24/nasa...z2UDQmLZpv
Now here's something that deserves much more than 125k USD.... crowdfunding, anyone?
