In space no one can hear you call out for pizza, but technology being developed in a NASA-funded project might let astronauts print one instead — or any number of potentially delectable meals. Systems and Materials Research Corporation received a $125,000 grant from NASA to build a prototype device that prints food. The project, led by mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, is still quite a ways from the replicator technology of Star Trek, but it could be the next step in providing sustenance for those planning to leave the Earth’s orbit.
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3D Food Printer Could Sustain Long-Distance Space Explorers
Posted by: Peter Suciu May 22, 2013 05:00 AMIn space no one can hear you call out for pizza, but technology being developed in a NASA-funded project might let astronauts print one instead — or any number of potentially delectable meals. Systems and Materials Research Corporation received a $125,000 grant from NASA to build a prototype device that prints food. The project, led by mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, is still quite a ways from the replicator technology of Star Trek, but it could be the next step in providing sustenance for those planning to leave the Earth’s orbit.