Scientists at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are developing a number of food bars so that Orion spacecraft astronauts can eat breakfast during their journey beyond the Moon to range over deep space destinations.

Basically, in keeping an astronaut healthy and sharp while exploring deep space destinations, an astronaut will need a robust diet. While crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have about 200 items to choose from for their meals and have the space to load an array of options, feeding the crew on deep space missions incorporates several unique challenges that the space agency's scientists are working to tackle.

Considering Orion spacecraft has limited room to accommodate the supplies and food astronauts will technically need during their missions. Given the distances the spacecraft will travel, teams also must limit the mass of the Orion spacecraft, since a heavier spacecraft requires more fuel and energy to propel to its destination, according to Nature World News.

With that, in reducing the amount of supplies NASA's Orion spacecraft will carry for its crew, the space agency's scientists are developing a number food bars that astronauts can eat for breakfast during their deep space missions. Food scientists made a firm decision that developing a single calorically dense breakfast substitution can acquire mass reduction requirements.

The deputy health and medical technical authority for Orion, Jessica Vos, stated that they have taken a look at how to save some mass by reducing how they're packed and stowing what the crew would have for breakfast for early Orion flights. Vos also said that when an ordinary person thinks about multi-week missions in Orion, having just one package for breakfast items for a crew will help them limit the space they need to store, NASA reported.

Anyway, the goal of Orion is to have a variety of food bars to select from, such as orange, cranberry, barbeque for the crew's first meal of the day.

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