Astronauts will soon be able to make French fries in space thanks to a new deep fryer that has been developed by ESA.
Astronauts want to eat French fries and, until now, this was not possible. On Earth cooking French fries takes a couple of minutes, but in outer space the situation is completely different. In fact, the European Space Agency has had to put a group of scientists to work for this to be a possibility.
French fries in space thanks to a deep fryer that works in space. To date, the astronauts’ diet consisted of different packaged foods, often dehydrated so that they can remain edible for long periods of time. Now the diet of these astronauts would change completely.
Obviously, the French fryer for space is still on Earth. The experiment carried out by the European Space Agency wanted to know how an appliance of this type would work in space, taking into account all the special conditions that it must overcome to be operable.
Studying how frying in space works is the general idea of this experiment. To achieve this, different tests have been carried out in microgravity using the fryer developed by the European Space Agency. The data obtained are vitally useful for expanding the diet of astronauts in the future..
Making French fries in space will be possible thanks to this fryer
The fryer that has been developed is completely closed. The necessary measures have been taken so that this fryer does not pose a problem for astronauts in the event of oil escaping. In fact, the process is basically automatic since you only have to insert and seal the fryer for cooking to begin.
These findings are of great importance for future long-duration space missions, where cooking food will be essential to maintain the health and well-being of astronauts. Understanding how cooking behaves in microgravity conditions will allow more efficient cooking systems to be designed and safe for use in space.
In addition to the practical benefits, the study of microgravity cooking also has broader scientific implications.
By better understanding the processes of heat transfer and interactions between food and the microgravity environmentresearchers can gain valuable information about the physics of materials and heat transfer mechanisms in general.
As humanity ventures further into space, understanding and mastering the culinary processes in microgravity becomes increasingly important to ensure the well-being of astronauts and the success of space missions.
