Food

FOOD Jennifer S, Michael,Norma,and Ariel
1. How has the food that astronauts eat changed over the last 50 years? Over the past 50 years the food has gotten better. Before the food seemed unappetizing but now the food has really improved.One of the reasons the food was unappetizing is because they had to squeeze things out of pouches and tubes but now they have a lot of choices and the food seems much better.

2. What kinds of foods do astronauts eat in space today? There are two main methods used to prevent food from spoiling. The first way is rehydrated food. Rehydrated means that they send food to the space air dry and liquid free so that when the astronauts get the food, all they have to do is add water to the food such as macaroni and cheese. The second method is thermostabilized food- that means that the food is prepared in a special pouch with heat so the food lasts a long time. When astronauts want the food they warm it up and squeeze the pouch similar to squeezing a toothpaste tube and eat the food. There are another methods, but these two are the main ones.

3. What methods are used to prevent the food from spoiling? The astronaut eat three times a day breakfast, lunch, and dinner. they eat pears, breakfast rolls, and other stuff. Also for lunch they eat mac and cheese and rice with butter. For dinner they eat beef steak and strawberry drink.That is what they eat in space. But some food is rehydrated and that means that food are sent dry and they have to put water to the food.

4. If you lived in space for a month, what foods do you think you would miss the most? Why? we are going to miss enchiladas pozole tamales because its part of our life.we grew up whit those foods Use these Links to help you find the answer. @http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_eating.htm @http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/ @http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacefood/index.html @http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html @http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/ns/article/0,28391,55039,00.html @http://www.sciencemaster.com/jump/space/space_food.php

http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/01.html - (good Pictures)