Chickpeas in space?

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A groundbreaking global experiment will launch space into chickpeas with the goal of preparing the infrastructure for a future human colony.

The launch is scheduled for 19.2 and will be broadcast live.

As part of the experiment, an increase in Israeli chickpeas of the "Zehavit" variety will be tested, for the first time outside the Earth, under conditions of non-gravity.

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24/01/2022

Monday, 24 January 2022, 17:45 Updated: Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 10:51

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"Houston, we have a problem, we've run out of pitas" This sentence may not be heard soon on the astronauts' network, but hummus in space will also be, at least as part of an experiment designed to test the feasibility of space agriculture.

The experiment, led by a team of scientists from Stanford University led by Israeli scientist, Dr. Jonathan Weintraub, co-founder SpaceIL, will integrate the mission "ductile" and the flight of them Steve Israeli tourists into space, to the ISS.

The experiment will be a Beta - Test for launching the center of the probe Israel Unmanned for the moon, which is expected to take place in 2024, and aims to prepare the ground for a future human colony in space, if and when humanity oscillates or parts of it toward other stars, en route to other galaxies - and so on. Then there is a good chance that one of the dishes you will encounter on the restaurant's menu at the end of the universe will be hummus.

"Israel, which has already been dubbed the 'Start-up' Nation, also stands out as a global technology leader in the field of new space, and I am happy and proud to be part of the team of scientists and lead a groundbreaking global experiment of growing chickpeas under gravity."

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From the "Space Chickpea" presentation, an innovative groundbreaking experiment will try to grow chickpeas on the moon (Photo: PR)

"Existence of life on the moon is closer than ever"

Weintraub added: "The experiment will bring the first agricultural news to the future colony on the moon. The connection between hummus, which is a symbol of Israeliness, and the moon, may not be perceived as natural, but in fact it may prove that life on the moon is closer than ever."

And what does Strauss, the big food maker, have to do with all this?

Well, assuming that the conditions for wiping the company's Achla hummus on the moon have not yet matured, it will be clarified that the experiment was conducted with the support of the main scientific grant from the Strauss Group, along with other scientific grants including the Strauss and PepsiCo American company, Haifa The business is the investment fund Moon2Mars Ventures and D-Mars

Chickpeas are durable and considered a superfood.

In fact, it may soon be said: space food (Photo: PR)

Is there an Israeli solution for food on the moon?

NASA had already announced about two years ago a number of models for establishing a human hold on the

moon.

Chickpeas in the Moon "- a study that examines the growth of chickpeas (sourdough) under conditions of non-gravity, for the first time outside the Earth, as a beta test towards the overarching goal of the study, the growth of chickpeas on the moon.

The first practical part of the experiment will be in Eitan Steve's flight to the space station, in which the ability to grow chickpeas in space will be tested.

The experiment was initiated and led by the Israeli, Dr. Jonathan Weintraub, who was selected as one of 10 scientists who received a grant from the US government to establish a laboratory at Stanford University.

Dr. Weintraub is one of the founders of the SpaceIL organization that was behind the development and launch of the unmanned spacecraft "Genesis", which managed to reach, despite a meager development budget, near the moon, but unfortunately crashed on landing.

"Strauss chose today to be a partner in the solutions we will all need tomorrow" (Photo: PR)

"Today's solution to tomorrow's need"

"We thought of a food that is nutritious, in terms of 'super food', and also has oxidative capabilities, and we found that chickpeas are high in protein, and therefore have great nutritional value and also release oxygen into the air, two important aspects that will form the basis of the first agricultural colony on the moon," Weintraub explains. .

"I am pleased that we have found a true partner in the journey, the Strauss Group, whose commitment to investing in promoting sustainable food and innovation while looking to the future, along with its knowledge and expertise in agriculture-based food, fits well with our vision."

"Out of a common desire to lead the future of humanity outside of Earth, it seems like a distant task, but it is closer than ever, and I am glad that Strauss has already chosen today to be a partner in the solutions we will all need tomorrow."

The camera pill developed in Israel will make it possible to monitor the germination of the grains in real time (Photo: PR)

Camera pill will track the germination of "golden"

The blue-and-white experiment is based on the purity of Israeli chickpeas

.

Zehavit

will be launched into space. This number was carefully selected with the aim of growing a control group and an experimental group while regulating the growth rate using special technology.

in real time.

The soil will be replaced by a substrate of a unique gel, which contains an advanced fertilizer developed by the Haifa Group, containing all the vitamins and components essential for the growth of the chickpeas, in the challenging conditions of space and moon.

The overarching goal: growing chickpeas in space, under conditions of non-gravity (Photo: ShutterStock)

The younger generation will serve as a control group

The leaders of the "Hummus on the Moon" project are not only concerned with future nutrition, but also with the future generation: in parallel with an experiment that will take place 400

km above the Earth outside the atmosphere, similar experiments will be conducted here in 1,000 classrooms throughout Israel. And tens of thousands of students, will receive a kit very similar to the one launched into space, and will conduct a scientific

experiment

of sprouting chickpeas. These will form a kind of control group for the launched experiment.

Amit was built for girls in the city of Yeruham, where the students, who are studying a unique technology program, coded part of the code of the experimental system themselves. The students will make an almost identical comparison with the experiment that will be conducted in space - except for gravity and including the bulbs with a distant red wavelength, which aims to allow acceleration and deceleration of the growth a bit if necessary.

A solution for an Israeli dish outside of Earth?

The road is still long, but every serving of chickpeas once started with a grain (Photo: ShutterStock)

"A one-time right to influence the future of humanity"

Strauss, one of the leading partners in the project, has also chosen to expand the educational opportunity and promote activities under the "Achla" brand, in which additional similar test kits will be distributed, and a content site will be established to encourage independent experience.

: "Our ability to take part in the global advancement of food solutions, even outside the world, using the most advanced technologies, is for us another way to realize the company's vision, to cultivate a better nutritional future. Therefore, we have set up a support team, including agronomists, who have selected the sour variety that will be germinated in space for the first time. "

Shimoni concluded with words full of hope: "If we succeed in growing chickpeas in space, light and matter in the moon, we will have the one-time right, to influence the future of humanity."

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