I-Space cuisine: Izidlo eziphuma kulo mhlaba

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  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• June 9, 2023

Esinye sezithiyo ezinkulu ekuhambeni kwesikhathi eside emkhathini ukwakha uhlelo lokudla oluzinzile nolunomsoco olungamelana nezimo ezinzima zemishini ye-interplanetary. Ososayensi basebenzela ukwakha ukudla okunikeza imisoco ebalulekile futhi ephephile, ehlangene, futhi kulula ukuyipheka emkhathini.

Umongo we-Space cuisine

Ukukhula kwamuva kwezokuvakasha emkhathini kuwumphumela wentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, eye yavula ithuba lokuhlola okungaphezu kwemingcele yeplanethi yethu. Osozigidigidi bezobuchwepheshe abafana no-Elon Musk noRichard Branson banesithakazelo esikhulu kulo mkhakha omusha futhi batshala imali eningi ekuhambeni emkhathini. Nakuba ukunikezwa kwamanje kwezokuvakasha emkhathini kukhawulelwe ezindizeni ezingaphansi, izinkampani ezifana ne-SpaceX neBlue Origin zisebenzela ukuthuthukisa amakhono okundiza emkhathini, okuvumela abantu ukuthi bahlale emkhathini isikhathi eside.

Kodwa-ke, ukuhlola indawo ejulile kuwumgomo omkhulu, ngokusungulwa kwezindawo zokuhlala eNyangeni nangale kwawo-2030s. Lo mgomo uletha izinselele ezibalulekile, enye yazo ewukudala ukudla okungasinda ekuhambeni okuphakathi kwamaplanethi futhi kuhlale kunomsoco. Umkhakha wokudla nezolimo usebenzisana nosomkhathi ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokudla ezingase zisekele ukuhlolwa kwendawo isikhathi eside ngaphansi kwezimo ezimbi kakhulu.

Kuqhutshwa izifundo ezingamakhulu ku-International Space Station (ISS) ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukudla kwasemkhathini. Lokhu kusuka ekubhekeni amaseli ezilwane nezitshalo ngaphansi kwe-microgravity kuya ekudaleni izinhlelo ezizimele ezilawula ukukhula kwamaseli. Abacwaningi bazama ukutshala izitshalo ezifana nolethisi notamatisi emkhathini futhi sebeqalile nokwenza ezinye izindlela ezisekelwe ezitshalweni njengenyama ekhulisiwe. Ucwaningo mayelana nokudla kwasemkhathini nalo lunomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni kokudla eMhlabeni. Njengoba inani labantu emhlabeni wonke lizofinyelela cishe ezigidini eziyi-10 ngo-2050, ngokusekelwe ezilinganisweni zeNhlangano Yezizwe (UN), ukuthuthukisa izindlela zokukhiqiza ukudla okusimeme kuwudaba olucindezelayo. 

Umthelela ophazamisayo

Ngo-2021, i-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) yethula i-Deep Space Food Challenge yayo ukuze ixhase izifundo zomhlaba wonke eziphathelene nokukhiqizwa kokudla emkhathini. Umgomo bekuwukusungula uhlelo lokudla oluzinzile olusekela izindawo eziya emkhathini. Iziphakamiso bezihlukene futhi ziyethembisa.

Ngokwesibonelo, i-Solar Foods yaseFinland yasebenzisa inqubo eyingqayizivele yokuvutshelwa kwegesi ekhiqiza i-Solein, iphrotheni enengqamuzana elilodwa, esebenzisa umoya nogesi kuphela. Le nqubo inamandla okuhlinzeka ngomthombo wamaprotheni oqhubekayo futhi onomsoco. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Enigma of the Cosmos, inkampani yase-Australia, yasebenzisa uhlelo lokukhiqiza oluluhlaza oluncane olulungisa ukusebenza kahle nendawo esekelwe ekukhuleni kwesitshalo. Abanye abawinile bamazwe ngamazwe bahlanganisa i-Electric Cow yaseJalimane, eyaphakamisa ukusebenzisa amagciwane kanye nokuphrinta kwe-3D ukuguqula i-carbon dioxide nokulahlwa kwemifudlana ibe ukudla, kanye ne-JPWorks SRL yase-Italy, eyathuthukisa i-"Chloe NanoClima," i-ecosystem-proof-proof ecosystem yokutshala izitshalo ze-nano. kanye nama-microgreens.

Ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-2022, i-Aleph Farms, isiqalo senyama esimeme, sathumela amaseli ezinkomo e-ISS ukuze afunde ukuthi izicubu zemisipha zakha kanjani ngaphansi kwe-microgravity futhi athuthukise i-space steak. I-Japanese consortium Space Foodsphere iphinde yakhethwa Umnyango Wezolimo, Amahlathi, Nezokudoba wase-Japan ukuze idale isistimu yokudla engasekela uhambo lweNyanga. 

Imithelela ye-space cuisine

Imithelela ebanzi ye-space cuisine ingase ihlanganise:

• Amalebhu esikhala azimele angaqapha futhi alungise izimo ngokusekelwe ohlotsheni lwezitshalo noma amaseli atshalwayo. Lolu hlelo luhlanganisa ukuthumela ulwazi lwesikhathi sangempela emuva Emhlabeni.
• Amapulazi omkhathi eNyangeni, ku-Mars, kanye nemisebenzi yezandla yasemkhathini neziteshi eziziphilisa ngokwazo futhi zingatshalwa kabusha ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zenhlabathi.
• Imakethe ekhulayo yesipiliyoni se-space cuisine njengoba ezokuvakasha zasemkhathini zishintshela kokujwayelekile ngeminyaka yawo-2040.
• Ukwenyuka kokuvikeleka kokudla kubantu abahlala ezindaweni ezimbi kakhulu eMhlabeni, njengezingwadule noma izindawo ezishisayo.
• Ukwakhiwa kwezimakethe ezintsha zemikhiqizo yokudla yasemkhathini, okungase kugqugquzele ukukhula komnotho kanye nokusha embonini yokudla. Lo mkhuba ungase futhi uholele ekwandeni kwesidingo sobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza ezolimo, okungase kwehlise izindleko futhi kuthuthukise ukusebenza kahle.
• Ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokudla zasemkhathini eziholela ezenzweni ezintsha ze-hydroponics, ukupakishwa kokudla, kanye nokugcinwa kokudla, okungase kube nezinhlelo zokusebenza nasemhlabeni.
• Isidingo esikhulu sabasebenzi ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni, ekuhlolweni nasekukhiqizeni. 
• Ukuthuthukiswa kwamasistimu avaliwe asebenzisa kabusha imfucuza futhi akhiqize kabusha izinsiza. 
• Imininingwane emisha yokondleka komuntu kanye nokusebenza komzimba, okungaba nomthelela kumasu okunakekelwa kwezempilo nobuchwepheshe. 
• Ukwakhiwa kokudla okusha kwamasiko kanye namasiko okupheka asuka emkhathini wezolimo kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlola.

Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

• Ungathanda ukudla ukudla kwasemkhathini?
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