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Scientists have found a way to convert human waste into a Vegemite-like food for astronauts
news.com.au ^

Posted on 01/28/2018 7:04:33 PM PST by BenLurkin

ASTRONAUTS on missions to Mars and beyond could soon survive off a “Vegemite-like” substance made from human waste.

Scientists have just developed the method which uses microbes to break down solid and liquid waste.

What’s left behind is a “microbial goo” that’s high in protein and fat — essential qualities for food sources needed for long space voyages.

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“Imagine if someone were to finetune our system so that you could get 85 per cent of the carbon and nitrogen back from waste into protein without having to use hydroponics or artificial light,” Professor House said.

“That would be a fantastic development for deep-space travel. It’s faster than growing tomatoes or potatoes.”

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: crap; food; space; vegemite
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To: nickedknack

Eat Sh!t and Fly


21 posted on 01/28/2018 7:15:21 PM PST by wetgundog (Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, if they can make vegemite that's a start towards making edible food...

22 posted on 01/28/2018 7:20:10 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: BenLurkin

So, when your fellow astronaut tells you to “Eat $hit,” he’s not insulting you, he’s inviting you to have lunch.

Whoever thought of this bright idea should head for the unemployment line.

Whatever happened to Tang?


23 posted on 01/28/2018 7:20:14 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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To: BenLurkin

I always wondered what Vegemite was made of.


24 posted on 01/28/2018 7:20:24 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: BenLurkin

Well, I don’t think I’ll go raid the fridge for a snack now. I am totally off my feed.


25 posted on 01/28/2018 7:23:44 PM PST by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: BenLurkin

Wouldn’t want to have this in space;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28vpNumcNUo


26 posted on 01/28/2018 7:23:52 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Windflier; pfflier

I love Marmite . . . but then, I was born in England, so, what do I know . . . Smile!


27 posted on 01/28/2018 7:23:54 PM PST by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!! . . . GO PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

28 posted on 01/28/2018 7:24:31 PM PST by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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To: BenLurkin

I always thought Vegamite was human waste. It tastes like it.


29 posted on 01/28/2018 7:25:18 PM PST by Lucas McCain (Liberalism is the willful embrace of abject stupidity.)
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To: BenLurkin

This might interfere with Vegemites patent !!


30 posted on 01/28/2018 7:26:11 PM PST by Noob1999
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPQSxp25z4


31 posted on 01/28/2018 7:27:14 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Lucas McCain

No . . . it’s the by-product of brewing beer!


32 posted on 01/28/2018 7:27:24 PM PST by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!! . . . GO PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

“Brown 225 from Uranus Corporation.

At Uranus, things come out a little differently.”


33 posted on 01/28/2018 7:28:10 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: BenLurkin

Packaged in the form of a tooties roll?


34 posted on 01/28/2018 7:29:04 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fortj sure)
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To: BenLurkin

Just like down here...


35 posted on 01/28/2018 7:29:37 PM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: BenLurkin

And Democrats have figured a way, even a few ways, to make human waste into Congresspeople.


36 posted on 01/28/2018 7:30:27 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them.)
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To: BenLurkin

Vitameatavegamin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZK2-Tfc84


37 posted on 01/28/2018 7:30:53 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: mrsmith

I liked Space Food Sticks...


38 posted on 01/28/2018 7:31:10 PM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: digger48

Reminds me of an old Hillbilly joke. The punch line is ...
“Hey Clem, you know that peanut butter you ate last week you said taste like s**T? It were.”


39 posted on 01/28/2018 7:31:59 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: alpo
And then one of them has been snacking on the guys in frozen animation....


40 posted on 01/28/2018 7:32:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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