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.”
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“I’ll have the Solyent Green instead, garçon.”
Damn, I made a similar, but later post. Now I look like an ass and will now be eaten out.
21 foods that look like poop, http://www.smosh.com/PC/smosh-pit/photos/21-foods-look-poop Many are yummy.
Astronaut #1: “So, what’s for dinner?”
Astronaut #2: “This new Vegemite-like stuff.”
Astronaut #1: “Aw, not that sh*t again!”
“I love Marmite . . . but then, I was born in England, so, what do I know . . . Smile”
So you survived the food! Congrats.
Where I grew up in the upper, upper Midwest the food was pretty shit too. Everything was boiled and the only spices were salt and pepper.
Tell your nephew that if he has to eat the space Vegemite to make sure and order it “Cleveland Steamer” style!
My wife grew up in the upper Midwest and when I met her she had salt and pepper in her cabinet along with sugar and cinnamon. I didn’t marry her for her cooking.
Or my title: Scientists Prove Vegemite Tastes Like Sh*t!
I’ll bet, the girls are pretty hot up there.
"Ain't Hungry No More" - Rattlin Bone
I cannot confirm or deny any such rumors.
I just keep thinking of ‘Men at Work’:
Down Under
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Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, “do you speak-a my language?”
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s
The Captain’s Log.
I can imagine the words of warning:
“Don’t ever go to Mars! It is a real sh!thole!”
Every day it’s the same sh!t.
Test it on New Yorkers first. Tell them it is the newest trend, they will scarf it up.
I actually like marmite (GB) on toast. Made from brewers yeast. I happen to be a fan of brewers yeast pee. It is like vegimite (OZ). Same stuff.
This literal crap. I will pass. My alimentary canal is one way only. In one end and out the other and never the two shall meet. I guess I will never go to mars. (Not that I would ever want to go to such a horrid planet)
Schoolyard taunts have changed. Just heard that my nephew is being bullied at school.
He’s 8. They live in a nice neighborhood...etc etc. He has a homemade mom lunch every day.
Brother says that apparently like 80% of the kids there are on free breakfast/lunch programs.
So he’s sitting there with his mom lunch while the free lunch kids make fun.
HAHA! Your family has enough income and your mom loves you.
Kids these days....
Also, don’t know if it was mentioned...but does this new astronaut food taste as bad as it sounds?
//get off my lawn
What is so new about it? I had a dog that did it all the time, he even took the cat’s.
When I was a kid, I wanted to become an astronaut.
I am now quite glad I did not pursue that career choice.
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