Space Cooks Wanted....Now!!!

[Atheist-Lite]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/22 ... ars_cooks/

NASA seeks cooks for Mars trip simulation

NASA is looking for volunteers to prepare foods during a simulated Mars mission that will see six lucky people locked in close proximity for 120 days.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii and Cornell University are looking for volunteers for the simulation, dubbed the Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation (HI-SEAS), which will aim to solve the problems of space cuisine. The purpose is to make sure that astronauts making the long trip to Mars get proper nutrition on the trip.

Food for preparation in zero gravity is a well-established industry, and the problems of feeding people in space have led to some interesting – and by all accounts, horrible – taste and texture combinations. But it has been noted that after long periods of the same sorts of foods, “menu fatigue” sets in, and the food is less attractive. Orbital travel already takes a toll on muscles and skeletal development, so the team are going to experiment with cooking actual food as well to keep astronauts interested in eating.

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[maiforpeace]

Blazing Saddles feast situation?

I'm a chef and culinary academy graduate, I should apply.

[Svartalf]

Wow... 120 days only? I mean, how long would a supposed trip to Mars really take?
and I wonder just how all those ethernauts who've stayed for months at a stretch in various space stations have solve more problems than food... like sex...

Also, when it comes to movie farts, I prefer the relevant scenes in Cabbage Soup, with Louis de Funès... a movie that incidentally deals with an extra terrestrial.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Have they asked the Dentrassi?

[Coito ergo sum]

When are we going to Mars? Some time after the year 2200?

We're not even going to the Moon. Mars? This is just a side-program that hasn't yet been canceled, or the funding was already allocated, so they're letting these people dick around for another year.

Mars was canceled. It's not going to happen.

[Clinton Huxley]

They'll be eating Chinese food on the first manned Mars mission.

[Atheist-Lite]

They'll be eating Chinese food on the first manned Mars mission.

That's another way of saying we'll land a man on mars first?

[Coito ergo sum]

They'll be eating Chinese food on the first manned Mars mission.

Maybe in 150 years.

Crying shame the US is committing suicide.

[Tyrannical]

We gave up a real space program when we gave up nuclear powered rockets.
A ship twice the size of the space shuttle could take off and drop off 800 tons of cargo to Mars and return. Or Gingrich could even have an instant Moon base to be President of.
Sure shooting exploding nukes out the back and riding the blast wave sounds dangerous, but it gets things done.

[Atheist-Lite]

We gave up a real space program when we gave up nuclear powered rockets.
A ship twice the size of the space shuttle could take off and drop off 800 tons of cargo to Mars and return. Or Gingrich could even have an instant Moon base to be President of.
Sure shooting exploding nukes out the back and riding the blast wave sounds dangerous, but it gets things done.

History is full of has beens could have beens, as are the sidewalks.