Chapter 256: A New Generation of Space Food
The four astronauts in the space station were still waiting for the barrage feedback, but who would have thought that after the fried sauce interview and eating, the barrage would be unusually empty.
Even the foreign language barrage is the same, I don't know if they understand what is being said.
For a while, the four astronauts didn't know what was going on, so they could only be "passengers" who continued to eat noodles, and then commented, Li Yuling signaled Du Kangsheng to send a text message and asked the ground command center.
Confirm that it is not the problem of network freeze and direct network disconnection, and continue to show.
Soon the noodles will be eaten, but a bowl of noodles will definitely not be full, because the amount of space food is generally small, and several things must be eaten in one meal to ensure "satiety" and nutritional balance for a period of time.
So the "passenger" took out scrambled eggs with shrimp, fried vegetables, five-grain biscuits, pickled radish, seaweed egg drop soup, crab roe broad beans and crispy chocolate like snacks, and an apple from the fruit bag.
These things are actually similar to what astronauts have eaten in recent years, but they basically do not use the compression, dehydration, freeze-drying and other sealing methods commonly used in space food, and they all look similar to the things in the ground supermarket.
At most, the materials are exquisite, after all, they are to be sent to the space station.
After displaying a pack, the other three also took a pack and started eating, after all, they were also hungry.
And these three packets of food, the types in them are different, but they all look more restored, fluffy, and more appetizing
At this time, the barrage also returned.
"Niu Pi, I don't know what to say except for this word, Navigator Niu Pi!"
"I have to say that with the orbital shuttle, you can do whatever you want, and you don't have to consider the size of the space to send supplies, and the restaurant of the commercial space station is luxurious, and there are all kinds of high-tech gadgets."
"I feel that the restaurant is not very luxurious, but we are used to the 'messy' design of the scientific research space station, and we are not used to this kind of commercial design at first glance, in fact, the restaurant of the Star Inn is just a modern and simple style of decoration, which looks neat and bright."
"Actually, I feel that these new space meals are very good, especially the bowl of jajangmyeon, the jajanjangmyeon in my own hand is not fragrant, I can imagine that when the astronauts who have been working in space for a long time get this bowl of jajangmyeon, instead of the 'pastry' in a plastic bag, they should be very moved."
"One thing to say, it is true that the working environment of astronauts is too difficult, the weightless environment affects their sense of taste, digestion and absorption, tortures their spirit and body, and they have to work and live in a small space every day, delicious and diverse food helps them regulate their mood, but the bagged food to eat every day, the cake that is compressed into a cake, the biscuit that never drops the slag, and the water bag with a buckle are always reminding them of the environment they are in, which is a very contradictory thing."
"You're right, if they can also eat this kind of bowled noodles, fluffy like freshly baked cakes, and drink tea in a water cup, even if it is with a snap-on straw, this kind of tableware and food state similar to the earth should be very important for them to maintain their physical and mental health."
"I'd recommend that the other two stations use this kind of cutlery, or even buy service directly from Navigator."
"I suggest that the three space stations be directly assembled together, and mankind should be united, and it is a bit too wasteful for the three space stations to be scattered and operated alone."
"Hello everyone, I am Wang Ping, the stationmaster of Tiangong Space Station, we have cooperated with the Navigator many times, and we are using this kind of packaging now, next time I will take a video and share it with you~"
"Mom, there is a certification, it's a real person, the front row pays respect, we're waiting to watch the video, hehe!"
"Really? I'll see, lie down...... I'm shocked, it's really Wang Ping, Wang Ping, you are my goddess!! ”
That sentence was indeed said by Wang Ping, and now the high-speed network used by the space station is also standard, and of course it is trivial to watch a live broadcast.
And it's also watching the live broadcast of another space station's orbit, which is naturally quite important for other space stations.
Not only the people from the Tiangong space station are watching the live broadcast, but even the people from the International Space Station are watching it.
It's just that unlike the astronauts of the Tiangong space station, who have used the same utensils and eaten the same food, the astronauts on the International Space Station are sour.
Can't say yet.
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Everything in space has lost its weight and has become able to fly everywhere, like dust in the air.
In this way, astronauts will not be able to eat and chew as easily as they do on Earth, otherwise they will get stuck in the middle of the esophagus because the food cannot be swallowed, which is life-threatening.
Scientists knew this before astronauts went into space.
Therefore, scientists are developing spacecraft and making space food at the same time.
After many times of space practice, scientists have found that space food requires nutritious, hygienic and easy to eat.
And these "practices" all start with "toothpaste".
Of course, the first generation of space food was not real toothpaste, although toothpaste is an entrance thing, and people can eat it when they brush their teeth, but that thing is really not suitable for eating.
The "toothpaste" here is only because the state of the food is too similar to the toothpaste.
The original space food was only to solve the "food and clothing problem" of astronauts because of the limited understanding of space and the limited technology of human beings.
At that time, food such as beef pulp, apple pulp, vegetable puree, and meat and vegetable mixture were pressed into an aluminum toothpaste shell, and when eaten, they were squeezed into the mouth as if they were squeezing toothpaste.
They have the original characteristics of space food, that is, they are small, easy to carry and transport, and easy to eat.
They don't even have to chew it, and the machine-made paste is much more delicate than they chew themselves.
With the passage of time and the advancement of technology, toothpaste products have been upgraded, and they have been made into bites of compressed food.
This is the second generation of space food.
The ultimate obstacle to eating in space is the absence of gravity, so food can't have crumbs, and once you eat them, they will float through the air.
If the astronauts accidentally inhale debris into their lungs, it is no joke, and death is not far off in terms of the flow and bumps of space returning to the ground.
Therefore, it is very necessary to make small food pieces one bite at a time, so that astronauts can swallow one bite at a time, and ensure that there is no debris due to teeth biting.
At this time, it is said that when the teeth chew something, there will be a sense of happiness, at least it is much better than the "toothpaste" that is squeezed into the mouth and swallowed twice with the tongue.
In the third generation of space food, dehydration and rehydration technology is used.
They are mainly some freeze-dried foods, such as staple foods such as rice and noodles and various dishes fruits and vegetables, which can be eaten with water.
Since there is no gravity in space, in order to prevent the water from scattering and drifting away, the water should be directly added to the food packaging bag and squeezed, and after the water and food are fully absorbed, it will become a slimy ball, and then it can be eaten.
However, this paste only prevents the food from falling into a piece, unlike the original paste.
This kind of food is closer to the ordinary meal on the ground, and the paste has the graininess of food, like normal food with more sauce, which can satisfy the texture and taste of astronauts.
And by the time of the fourth generation of space food, that is, the mainstream of space food before the Navigator mixed with space food, they were already much better.
Because the technology is advanced enough, the space station can use refrigerators and heating units, so both heat-stabilized foods and frozen and refrigerated foods have appeared.
The former is a flexible and hard-packed canned food that has been heat-sterilized and self-care, which can be stored for a long time and can be eaten directly.
The latter is frozen on the ground and brought into space, and after melting, it is edible.
Therefore, in addition to staple food, astronauts can also eat fresh vegetables, fruits, and heated soups.
Because astronauts from various countries have their own dietary habits, there are many types of fourth-generation space food.
Of course, now that the Navigator is mixed in with the space video field, they are already counted as a generation.
There is no generation difference in the raw material level foods such as fruits and vegetables, after all, they are all the same transportation methods.
There is no shrinking machine in this world, and apples can't be compressed, and if they are forcibly compressed, it is estimated that it will not be a new food, and it will not be expected by astronauts.
To say that these new space foods are a new generation is not because the orbital shuttle can do whatever it wants, at least not all thanks to the orbital shuttle, the food does use new technology.