You may laugh on this thread. But its true as the eggs of two fish species survived Soyuz spacecraft's launch conditions. Moon-tea, McMoon, and moon cakes might become the space favorites one day -- but figuring out what and how we will eat as we travel through interstellar space still remains an issue. In order to design self-sufficient future communities on Mars and Moon, and now, a new study suggests astronauts could grow fish on the Moon using eggs brought from Earth and water that’s available on the lunar surface. After testing the eggs by replicating the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft, two fish species were discovered-- European sea bass and meagre –- could survive being brought to the Moon.
Even a lunar fish farm design is in progress. The beakers containing the eggs were shaken using an orbital shaker. Then, they endured even stronger vibrations in a different machine that simulated the launch of a Soyuz rocket. For the seabass eggs, the success rate was 82 percent. The experiment had 76 percent of the seabass eggs hatching. Meagre eggs performed even better with 95 percent of the shaken eggs hatching.
Astronauts were generally eating freeze-dried products that are not exactly pleasant to eat, so this could provide them with essentials.This fish farm would make use of the lunar water and supply residents of the future Moon Village with fresh food.
Great!
Even a lunar fish farm design is in progress. The beakers containing the eggs were shaken using an orbital shaker. Then, they endured even stronger vibrations in a different machine that simulated the launch of a Soyuz rocket. For the seabass eggs, the success rate was 82 percent. The experiment had 76 percent of the seabass eggs hatching. Meagre eggs performed even better with 95 percent of the shaken eggs hatching.
Astronauts were generally eating freeze-dried products that are not exactly pleasant to eat, so this could provide them with essentials.This fish farm would make use of the lunar water and supply residents of the future Moon Village with fresh food.
Great!