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NASA’s Contest to Develop the Space Food of the Future (atlasobscura.com)
12 points by prismatic 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Your blood and fluids redistribute in zero g, which tends to cause swelling in the sinuses and loss of smell, which in turn diminishes taste. Apparently this makes hot sauce and other flavorful condiments very popular. I hope they take that into account for this contest. Now that a significant portion of the country/world has experienced covid induced anosmia, we should have better insight into how to design foods for people with reduced olfactory senses. I could see ideal foods be nearly unpalatable to people on the ground.




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