Chapter 256 A new generation of space food
The four astronauts in the space station were still waiting for the barrage to report, but who would have thought that after the fried sauce interview, the barrage would become rare to be empty.
Even foreign barrage is the same. I don’t know if they understand what they said.
For a moment, the four astronauts didn't know what was going on, so they could only "passengers" to continue eating noodles and comment. Li Yuling signaled Du Kangsheng to send a message and ask the ground command center.
I confirmed that it was not a problem of network lag or direct network interruption, so I continued to show it.
The noodles will be finished soon, but a bowl of noodles will definitely not be full, because space food is generally small, and you have to eat several things for a meal to ensure "satisfaction" and nutritional balance over a period of time.
So the "passenger" took out the fried eggs with shrimps, stir-fried vegetables, grain biscuits, sauce radish, seaweed egg flower soup, and crab roe beans and crispy chocolates like snacks, as well as an apple taken out of the fruit bag.
These things are actually similar to what astronauts eat in recent years, but they basically do not use the compression, dehydration, freeze-drying and other sealing methods commonly used in space food. They all look similar to things in ground supermarkets.
At most, it is made of exquisite materials, after all, it is sent to the space station.
After displaying a pack, the other three also took a pack to eat, after all, they were hungry.
The types of these three packs of food are different, but they all look more restless, fluffy and more appetizing.
At this time, the barrage came back.
"Niu Pi, except for this word, I don't know what to say, the leader Niu Pi!"
"I have to say that a track shuttle can do whatever you want, and you don't have to consider the size of the space for supply. Moreover, the restaurants on the commercial space station are luxurious and have all kinds of high-tech things."
"I feel that the restaurant is not very luxurious. We are used to the 'chaotic' design of scientific research space stations. When we suddenly see this kind of commercial design, we are not very used to it. In fact, the restaurant of Star Inn is just a modern and simple style decorative style, which looks neat and bright."
"Actually, I feel that these new space meals are pretty good, especially the bowl of fried noodles. The fried noodles in my hand are no longer delicious. It can be imagined that when astronauts who have been working in space for a long time get this bowl of fried noodles instead of the 'noodle cake' in plastic bags, they should be very moved."
"To be honest, it is true that the working environment of astronauts is too difficult. The weightless environment affects their taste, digestion and absorption ability, tortures their spirit and body. They also have to work and live in a small space every day. Delicious and diverse foods help their mood adjustment, but the bags of food they have to eat every day, cakes that are compressed into cakes, biscuits that never fall off, and water bags with snaps are reminding them of their environment at all times. This is a very contradictory thing."
"You're right. If they can also eat noodles in this bowl, fluffy like freshly baked cakes, drink tea with water cups, even with snap-on straws, this kind of tableware and food similar to the earth's state of tableware and food should be very important for their physical and mental health."
"I suggest that the other two space stations use this kind of tableware, and even buy services directly from the Pilot Company."
"I suggest that the three space stations be assembled directly, so humans should unite. It is a bit of a waste to operate the three space stations alone."
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Ping, the webmaster of Tiangong Space Station. We have worked with the pilot many times. We are using this kind of packaging now. Next time I take a video to share with you~"
"Mom, I'm certified, I'm a real person, I pay tribute to the front row. We're waiting to watch the video, hehe!"
"Really? Look, lying... I was shocked. It's really Webmaster Wang Ping, Webmaster Wang Ping, you are my goddess!!"
That sentence was indeed what Wang Ping said. Now the space station uses high-speed networks, so watching a live broadcast is of course a small meaning.
And it is also a live broadcast of another space station, which is naturally very important for other space stations.
Not only the people on Tiangong Space Station are watching the live broadcast, but also the people on the International Space Station are watching.
However, unlike the astronauts of the Tiangong Space Station who have used the same tableware and ate the same food, the astronauts in the International Space Station are sour.
Can't say it yet.
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All items in space have lost their weight and become able to fly everywhere, like dust in the air.
In this way, astronauts cannot eat and chew easily like on Earth, otherwise they will get stuck in the middle of the esophagus because they cannot swallow their food, endangering their lives.
This is what scientists knew before astronauts entered space.
Therefore, while developing spacecraft, scientists also research and manufacture space food.
After many space practices, scientists have discovered that space food requires rich nutrition, hygiene and easy to eat.
And these "practices" all start with "toothpaste".
Of course, the first generation of space food is not real toothpaste. Although toothpaste is something that can be eaten when people brush their teeth, it is okay to eat it, but that thing is really not suitable for eating.
The "toothpaste" mentioned here is just because the state of the food is too similar to that of the toothpaste.
The initial space food was only to solve the problem of food and clothing for astronauts because humans had limited knowledge of space and limited technology.
At that time, food was always made into paste, such as beef slurry, apple slurry, vegetable puree and meat and vegetable mixed puree, etc. They were pressed into the aluminum toothpaste shell, and when eaten, they were squeezed into their mouths like squeezing toothpaste.
They have the original characteristics of space food, which is that they are small in size, easy to carry and transport, and easy to eat.
Even if they don’t need to chew, the paste made by the machine is much more detailed than they chew on their own.
As time goes by and technology advances, toothpaste products have been upgraded and they are made into compressed food bite by bite.
This is the second generation of space food.
The ultimate obstacle to eating in space is the lack of gravity, so food cannot have debris. Once it is eaten, it will float in the air.
If the astronaut accidentally sucks debris into his lungs, it is no joke. The process and bumps of returning to the ground in space are not far away.
Therefore, it is very necessary to make small pieces of food in one bite, so as to ensure that astronauts can swallow one in one bite, and to ensure that there will be no debris caused by teeth bite.
At this time, one thing is to say, when teeth chew things, they will feel a sense of happiness, at least it is much better than "toothpaste" that squeezes into their mouths and sucks with their tongues for a few times.
And in the third generation of space food, dehydration and rehydration technology was used.
They are mainly freeze-dried foods, such as rice, noodles and other staple foods, as well as various dishes, fruits and vegetables, and can be eaten with water.
Since there is no gravity in space, in order to prevent the water from floating away, the water should be directly added to the food packaging bag for squeeze. After the water and food are fully absorbed, it will become a sticky ball and you can eat it.
However, this kind of paste only prevents the food from floating, which is different from the initial paste.
This food is closer to the ordinary diet on the ground. It has the grainy feeling of food in the paste, such as normal food with more sauce, which can satisfy the taste and taste of astronauts.
And by the fourth generation of space food, which is the mainstream space food before the Navigator mixed with space food, they are much better.
Because the technology is advanced enough, the space station can use refrigerators and heating devices, so hot-stable foods and frozen and refrigerated foods have appeared.
The former is a self-care soft and hard-packed canned food that has been heated and sterilized. It can be stored for a long time and can be eaten directly.
The latter is frozen on the ground and brought into space, and can be eaten after melting.
Therefore, in addition to eating staple food, astronauts can also eat fresh vegetables, fruits and heated fresh soups.
Also because astronauts from various countries have their own eating habits, there are many types of fourth-generation space foods.
Of course, now that the Navigator is involved in the space video field, they are already counted as the previous generation of products.
Only foods of raw material level such as fruits and vegetables are not considered a generation difference, after all, they are all the same delivery methods.
There is no shrinking machine in this world, so Apple cannot compress it. If it is forced to compress, it will probably not be fresh food and will not be expected by astronauts.
The reason why these new space foods are considered new generations is not because the orbital shuttles can do whatever they want, at least not all due to the orbital shuttles. New technologies are indeed used in the food.
Chapter completed!