Space Food and Innovation Quiz

The video discusses the challenges of feeding astronauts on long space missions, such as those to Mars. The speaker, an industrial designer and aerospace architect, introduces the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition to develop sustainable food systems for space. Current space food options are limited and unappetizing, prompting the need for innovation. The speaker's team developed the Space Culinary Lab, a system to create diverse and nutritious meals in space. The video highlights the potential for space technology to benefit Earth and support sustainable living.

What is one of the major challenges in planning a mission to Mars?

• Finding water on Mars

• Providing food for astronauts

• Building a space station on Mars

• Developing faster rockets

What is the profession of the speaker who is discussing space food?

• Astronaut

• Astrophysicist

• Biologist

• Industrial designer and aerospace architect

What is the main reason astronauts might lose weight during long space missions?

• Lack of exercise

• Unappetizing food

• Insufficient sleep

• High levels of radiation

Why are tortillas popular in space?

• They are lightweight

• They are nutritious

• They don't crumble

• They are easy to make

What is the first step in the Space Culinary Lab's food preparation process?

• Cultivating microalgae

• Making space salad

• Preparing space barbecue

• Creating space butter coffee

What is a benefit of growing microalgae in space?

• It requires no water

• It is easy to store

• It produces oxygen

• It tastes like meat

How is protein 'grilled' in the Space Culinary Lab?

• By using lasers

• With an open flame

• Through solar heating

• Using a microwave

What is a potential benefit of space food innovations for Earth?

• They can reduce the cost of food production

• They can create regenerative agricultural methods

• They can eliminate the need for farming

• They can increase food variety

Which of the following technologies was originally developed for space but is now used on Earth?

• Smartphones

• 3D printing

• Solar cells

• Electric cars

What is the ultimate goal of applying space food innovations to Earth?

• To make space travel cheaper

• To become a sustainable interplanetary species

• To increase the variety of space food

• To reduce the weight of space missions