CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Astronauts can choose from nine kinds of cereal for their breakfast. Options include Bran Chex, Oatmeal, and Rice Krispies among others. To accompany that they simply need to add a little bit of dried milk and water to the mixture for the meal to be edible. Astronauts needn’t be deprived of coffee, either.

Detailed explanation-2: -In planning for the long duration Apollo missions, NASA conducted extensive research into space food. One of the techniques developed was freeze drying. Action Products commercialized this technique, concentrating on snack food including the first freeze-dried ice cream.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA also began turning food into cube form: cinnamon toasted bread cubes, strawberry cubes and even bacon cubes formed part of a balanced space breakfast, while snacks included cubes of sugar, chocolate and peanut butter. (In fact, the first food eaten on the moon was a bacon cube.)

Detailed explanation-4: -The biggest differences between space food and regular food are in the packaging and design. Space food must be carefully contained so it doesn’t float around in the low-gravity (microgravity) environment. Even something as simple as a few crumbs can become deadly in low gravity.