CosmicQuest

Living in Space

Water for your space station

You need: food, power, toilet
Instrument panel
2.5 quarts of water

Great choice! Two quarts is more than you probably drink during the day, but weightlessness makes astronauts dehydrated. So they need to drink more water than usual.

What's next? You'll need to eat&emdash;nobody wants to go hungry in space! But how much food do you need each day?

Meal requirements:
1000 calories
50 grams of protein
120 grams of carbohydrates
30 grams of fat

An adult astronaut needs about 3000 calories each day. That's more than needed on earth, but astronauts work hard in space! What's the best menu to provide those calories?

Check the meal requirements, then select the best foods to get all the necessary nutrition! You can use the built-in calculator at the bottom of the list to help you compute each requirement.

 

Food

Calories

Protein
(grams)

Carbohydrates
(grams)

Fat
(grams)

Roasted Chicken

Roasted Chicken

300

34

0

15

Chicken nuggets

Chicken Nuggets

320

13

30

17

Baked potato

Baked Potato

150

3

31

0

Sub sandwich

Submarine Sandwich

400

16

50

16

Fruit Cocktail

Fruit Cocktail

70

0

19

0

Watermelon

Watermelon

49

1

11

1

Energy bar

Energy Bar

250

10

45

6

Chocolate bar

Chocolate Bar

150

2

23

8

Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies (5)

400

1

11

4

Soda pop

Soda pop

150

0

0

0

Milk

Milk

80

8

11

1

 

 

Do your totals add up to 1000 calories, 50 grams of protein and 120 grams of carbohydrates (roughly)?

If they do, move on to the next stage.

 


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