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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: BenLurkin

Always thought vegi-mite tasted like crap, but now we know crap tastes like vegi-mite


41 posted on 01/28/2018 7:33:10 PM PST by pangaea6
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like a topic in an I Love Lucy episode?


42 posted on 01/28/2018 7:33:13 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem wiath socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: BenLurkin
Recycled $*** made to look like Vegemite. Not actually that hard to do.


43 posted on 01/28/2018 7:34:11 PM PST by katana
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To: BenLurkin

Déjà Vu All Over Again


44 posted on 01/28/2018 7:34:17 PM PST by Songcraft ("Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
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To: BenLurkin

Do you want Australia to dominate the Space Race?
Because this is how Australia dominates the Space Race.


45 posted on 01/28/2018 7:35:49 PM PST by Edward.Fish
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To: BenLurkin

McD’s appears to have had this technology for years ?


46 posted on 01/28/2018 7:36:37 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: BenLurkin

Adds a whole new level of meaning to ESAD.


47 posted on 01/28/2018 7:37:08 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: BenLurkin

What comes out of the body the 2nd time? Can you just keep putting it back in? LOL


48 posted on 01/28/2018 7:38:02 PM PST by Revel
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To: LIConFem

My poo tastes so much better than your poo.


49 posted on 01/28/2018 7:38:46 PM PST by Revel
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To: davandbar

LOL


50 posted on 01/28/2018 7:39:20 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Revel

After eating this a couple days a person might be happy if anything at all emerges out the other end.


51 posted on 01/28/2018 7:40:44 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: BenLurkin

“What’s all this talk about endangered feces? Who wants them anyway?”


52 posted on 01/28/2018 7:46:41 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: BenLurkin

By human waste, do they mean Antifa and BLM members?


53 posted on 01/28/2018 7:48:40 PM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: kaehurowing

It comes out of the bottom of a beer brewing vat. Basically dead yeast and such.


54 posted on 01/28/2018 7:48:59 PM PST by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowbot)
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To: TBP

Hold on a minute, Emily.....


55 posted on 01/28/2018 7:50:53 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: BenLurkin

I’m not going on any space flight that has that on the menu !!!


56 posted on 01/28/2018 7:51:44 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: BenLurkin

I think I know what they’ll turn into Tang!


57 posted on 01/28/2018 7:52:53 PM PST by seowulf
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To: BenLurkin

Oh boy! Turd burgers!


58 posted on 01/28/2018 7:53:36 PM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: davandbar

Schitt. A schitt sandwich.


59 posted on 01/28/2018 7:54:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: pfflier

Well people either really like vegemite, or really hate it.

Kinda like cilantro.

So i am guessing some will really like schitty food, and some will really hate it.


60 posted on 01/28/2018 7:56:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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