Planet Mars. The first colonists sent by NASA to the red planet are going to have a not so appetizing diet, according to the first information about the food that will be available there. NASA researchers have started to discuss the food that will be available on the planet Mars for the first colonists, and they say that we must forget about everything we knew on Earth, because there things will be much different.
Planet Mars. Up to 1 million colonists could survive without problems on the celestial body, but they would have to eat only plants, insects, but also substitutes for eggs and milk, which would have to be produced there. Although the first colonists who will arrive on the planet Mars will have a supply of food, it will not last forever, and the missions that will bring them more food will not come that often, so they must support themselves.
Planet Mars. INCREDIBLE, This is what the First Settlers will EAT
Planet Mars. Considering the unfavorable atmosphere there, plants cannot be grown in the open air, and animal breeding is out of the question, so alternative solutions must be found. Insects and cellular agriculture will be the basis of feeding the colonists who will arrive first on the planet Mars, so that the first people who will arrive there will not exactly have a pleasant experience of eating every day.
“A Martian city will not be fed lettuce and tomatoes. Food computers, automated insect farms, and cellular agriculture will enable complete, non-vegan, locally produced diets on Mars. We modeled the calorie and land requirements for a permanent Martian settlement that reaches a population of one million people and becomes self-sufficient in food within a century. In the model, calorie needs were met with food produced locally on Mars, combined with imports from Earth."
Planet Mars. Although scientists believe that it is possible that in the future there will be a colony of 1 million people there, it would still take about 100 years before it could support itself. Considering that the first humans would arrive on the planet Mars only somewhere around 2030, it is hard to say how long it might take until the first structures for colonies could be built there, so a lot of patience is needed.
Planet Mars. Having said that, the colonization of the red planet is in view of the space agencies, but it takes a lot of time for a project of this kind to be carried out easily.
