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Something for the astronauts' toast!
Astronauts could one day eat goo made from their poo
'Dungemite'
Astronauts could one day eat goo made from their poo
Would you like some dungemite on your toast?
Astronauts on deep-space missions could recycle their own feces to make food.
Penn State researchers developed a system that combines microbes with human waste to help create food.
Geosciences professor Christopher House describes the resulting substance as "a little bit like Marmite or Vegemite where you're eating a smear of 'microbial goo.'"
'Dungemite'