A group of researchers from Clemson University in South Carolina, called Blenner Research Group, is working to answer the challenge. With the funding from NASA as much as US. $200,000, the group conducting the study of synthetic biology to recycle waste into food, supplement biologically active and useful material.
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| The $200,000 a year grant has been approved for a maximum of three years and the project is being led by Mark Blenner of Clemson University, South Carolina. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1JrioGd) |
The program is called "Closing the Loop for Long-Term Space Travel". The study was conducted in conjunction with vegetable planting project in a non-gravity and project a 3D printer that pizza makers alike is a solution to the problem of food supplies during the flight to Mars.
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| Using human waste to aid in food production on board spacecraft could be essential for long interplanetary journeys. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1KWsPlh) |
As mentioned in the press conference, the study will serve to provide a place of manufacture of food, medical supplies and construction materials during long-distance space travel.
NASA is not just doing the research field. The agency also finance the blue-green bacteria use for the development of lightweight materials, dynamics and control the manipulation of space, the construction of solar power battery-the whole thing needed for an expedition to Mars. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | TECHIENEWS]
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