<p>Do you think you can come up with ideas to provide healthy food to astronauts in the space? If yes, you stand a chance to win over Rs 3.6 crore. </p>.<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is looking to furnish its crew members with a viable food system for long-duration space missions.</p>.<p>The agency is offering $5,00,000 (Rs 3,63,13,099) to the winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge.</p>.<p>The winner will have to think about ideas for food production that can contribute to and be integrated into a comprehensive food system, according to the space agency.</p>.<p>Phase I of the challenge started on January 12 and participants have time till May 28, 2021, to register. The deadline to submit the ideas is July 30, 2020.</p>.<p>The challenge will identify food production technologies that can help fill food gaps for a three-year round-trip mission with no resupply, feed a crew of four astronauts, achieve the greatest amount of food output with minimal inputs and minimal waste as well as create a variety of palatable, nutritious, and safe food that requires little processing time for crew members.</p>.<p>However, the technology need not meet the full nutritional requirements of future crews. </p>.<p>The winner of the challenge will be announced in September 2021.</p>.<p>(1 USD= 72.6262 INR)</p>
<p>Do you think you can come up with ideas to provide healthy food to astronauts in the space? If yes, you stand a chance to win over Rs 3.6 crore. </p>.<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is looking to furnish its crew members with a viable food system for long-duration space missions.</p>.<p>The agency is offering $5,00,000 (Rs 3,63,13,099) to the winners of its Deep Space Food Challenge.</p>.<p>The winner will have to think about ideas for food production that can contribute to and be integrated into a comprehensive food system, according to the space agency.</p>.<p>Phase I of the challenge started on January 12 and participants have time till May 28, 2021, to register. The deadline to submit the ideas is July 30, 2020.</p>.<p>The challenge will identify food production technologies that can help fill food gaps for a three-year round-trip mission with no resupply, feed a crew of four astronauts, achieve the greatest amount of food output with minimal inputs and minimal waste as well as create a variety of palatable, nutritious, and safe food that requires little processing time for crew members.</p>.<p>However, the technology need not meet the full nutritional requirements of future crews. </p>.<p>The winner of the challenge will be announced in September 2021.</p>.<p>(1 USD= 72.6262 INR)</p>
