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Today the Canadian Space Agency CSA announced the Deep Space Food Challenge in Canada a competition to develop innovative ways of producing food for astronauts on space missions to the Moon and Mars while expanding opportunities for food production on Earth.Ensuring that astronauts have nutritious food is a critical component of all human space exploration missions. It will be even more important for future long-duration missions to deep space. Crews will not be able to carry all their food so they will have to produce food in space to meet their nutritional needs. Some of the challenges of producing food in space are the same as those of growing food in harsh environments on Earth including remote northern communities.The CSA and the Privy Council Offices Impact Canada Initiative are working with NASA on the Deep Space Food Challenge. Participants are asked to create novel food production technologies that require minimal inputs materials energy water etc. and maximize safe nutritious and palatable food. These innovations will not only be used for space missions but will also have the potential to benefit people on Earth particularly in remote and harsh environments such as Canadas North.The Deep Space Food Challenge is in line with Canadas Space Strategys commitment to harness space to solve everyday challenges on Earth like access to nutritious food. All Canadian innovators are invited to submit a design concept for their food production technology by July 30 2021.QuotesWith the Deep Space Food Challenge we are asking Canadians to find innovative ways to produce food in deep space that could also help those living in remote regions with harsh environments such as Canadas northern communities. Together with our partners we are leading on space innovations that will also improve the lives of Canadians. Lisa Campbell President of the Canadian Space Agency
