i interviewed two international space station astronauts while they were on board, and you may recognize their names, jessica mere and christina cook. They made headlines gmen, the first team, female team to space walk together. And we chatted about food in space. Says chekeda o, long term space travel, obviously there's some expectation that you grow your own food. How close are we to growing all of your own food without requiring so to supply chans either to and from the space station, or to and from mars, if that's our ultimate destination? Absolutely great question. We're not quite there yet.
How good is food in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Jordan Klepper feast on food science and the challenges we face sending food to space with chef Alton Brown, food chemist Dr. Arielle Johnson and NASA food scientist Dr. Grace Douglas.
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