Tornesch students develop space food for future astronauts!

Tornesch students develop space food for future astronauts!

At this year's World Robot Olympiad in Dortmund, students from Tornesch, Pinneberg district, present their innovative research on food supply for interplanetarian travel. The team, consisting of Lennart calm (16 years), Louis calm (18 years) and Fernando Carpio (17 years), has developed a model of a space capsule. This capsule is to be docked at a spaceship and enables macro algae production to ensure self -sufficient food supply during the flight. The aim of your project is to create artificial gravity in order to successfully grow the algae. The results of her research are presented to a specialist jury that was selected from over 1,000 participating teams in Germany. Last year the team from Tornesch made the leap into the world finals, which makes their current success even more impressive.

The Germany final of the World Robot Olympiad takes place today at 4:30 p.m. The students were well prepared with their concept and hope to qualify accordingly to take part in the European competition. Your work is not only a technical challenge, but also a step towards researching sustainable food for astronauts on long -term missions.

nutritional innovations for astronauts

parallel to the developments in Tornesch, food supply for astronauts is also steadily improved. Researchers have created a vegan salad that was prepared with soybeans, poppies, barley, kale, peanuts, sweet potatoes and sunflower seeds. This combination aims to ensure an optimal balance between nutrient supply and agricultural effort. However, the salad does not cover all important micronutrients, which is why dietary supplements are recommended to optimize nutrition in space. A tester already expressed enthusiasm for this dish and introduced himself to consume it as astronaut.

A research team also plans to expand the variety of plants in your database in order to develop a computer model that can calculate the perfect food for future astronauts. The first woman is expected to fly to the moon this year, which underlines the urgency of this research.