Want to go to Mars, must know to grow and cook

The astronauts on the first manned Mars flight could also be experts in farming and cooking.

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Providing enough food for a trip to Mars is one of the biggest challenges that planning professionals face.

One solution that is being considered is to create food right in the high-tech "kitchen garden" .

Astronauts also need relative cooking skills to complete varied and delicious menus to improve morale and avoid boredom.

Astronauts to Mars will be provided with more knowledge about food than their colleagues on the International Space Station.

Dr Maya Cooper from Nasa's Space Food Systems Laboratory said the five-year trip to Mars needed more than 3,000kg of food per person.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Denver, Colorado, she said: 'It is a clear obstacle to plans for space. We need new approaches. Currently, we are considering the possibility of implementing a regenerative biological system related to growing trees in space as well as transporting some bulk items to Mars 'habitat.'

Providing enough food for a Mars flight is one
The biggest challenges that planners face

'This plan involves processing food and preparing meals more than the current food plan developed by the space shuttle and the International Space Station'.

This regenerative biological system involves growing multi-purpose plants, not only providing food but also providing oxygen to breathe, removing carbon dioxide that they exhale, and even cleaning up water.

Ideally, such plants have few inedible parts, are easy to grow, lose little care and only take up a small amount of space.

There are 10 potential crops that have passed tests for a trip to Mars, including: lettuce, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, green onions, turnips, bell peppers, strawberries, herbs Fresh carpets and cabbage.

Nasa is expected to launch the first manned trip to Mars in the 2030s.

The Mars500 crew currently spends 452 days of isolation
to train for the Red Planet.

Food on the universe has come a long way since Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin had to eat pâté and caviar during the first flight into the manned universe in 1961.

In the beginning, astronauts had to eat dry food and toothpaste-like nutrients taken from tubes.

In the late 1960s, astronauts enjoyed hot food in the universe. By the 1970s, they had 72 different foods.

In recent years, astronauts have been able to eat breakfast with eggs, drink coffee, eat chocolate, chicken, pilaf.

These foods are pre-packaged and take only a few minutes to prepare.