• Question: how much does it cost for astronauts to eat a healthy amount of food?

    Asked by linkylil to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Not very much…in fact you can actually buy your own! If you ask your teacher they might get some for you! It’s not incredibly delicious (I had the peaches…blegh!), but it’s got nutrients that are needed to stay healthy!
      http://astronautfood.co.uk/index.php

    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I’m not actually sure, but astronaut food in the Science Museum is really expensive and you only get like three freeze dried strawberries!

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I have no idea!

    • Photo: Robert Simpson

      Robert Simpson answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      I’m not sure really – I think the main cost would be in getting it up into space though. It costs something like £10,000 to put just 1kg into orbit at the moment.

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