what is the official position of vegetarian/vegan views of life on mars. what about a human occupation of the red planet? or what about views of space travel beyond our moon, and earlthy frontier. what's the vegan/veggie environmental spin on this topic?

If there was life on Mars, I don't think it ever progressed pass the single-cell phase. I also don't see the practicality of the widespread colonization of Mars. We've all seen the photos of the surface of Mars, couple that with the extreme temperatures, I just don't see humans spending alot of time there.

I heard there's a semi-decent Vegetarian restaurant on Mars. ...Great food, but no atmosphere.

I heard there's a semi-decent Vegetarian restaurant on Mars. ...Great food, but no atmosphere.

lmao that is really cute :)

I also don't see the practicality of the widespread colonization of Mars. We've all seen the photos of the surface of Mars, couple that with the extreme temperatures, I just don't see humans spending alot of time there.

I don't see much purpose in widespread colonization either, but given the vast mining potential, it would be foolish to so swiftly brush aside an entire planet. You could probably mine iron pretty damn cheaply given good techniques seeing as we can freaking see the metal from earth.

but getting those minerals back to Terra? not practical at this time.

I ate a martian once. He tasted like broccoli

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RE: [sandra] what happens if one of the astronauts is vergetarian? do you have special recepies?
We have had vegetarian astronauts. There is enough variety in the menu that food selections can be made. As we move towards Mars and the Moon we are developing more plant-based, regenerative food systems.

Linky (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/chats/archive/02-17-00jds.html)

from Exit's link:

what happens if one of the astronauts is vergetarian? do you have special recepies?
We have had vegetarian astronauts. There is enough variety in the menu that food selections can be made. As we move towards Mars and the Moon we are developing more plant-based, regenerative food systems.

Also:
This link details everything about living in space for extended periods by maintaining an ecosystem with plants helping to covert carbon dioxide to oxygen. Make sure to read the pages linked from the left hand nav bar.
http://advlifesupport.jsc.nasa.gov/


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11876202&dopt=Abstract
http://www.seabeecook.com/today/news/cook0107.htm

I don't think there's an "official" vegetarian or vegan position on much of anything (other than eating meat). We come from all different kinds of backgrounds and have all kinds of worldviews.

^^^^What Morna said. I'd just add that eating animals has rarely (if ever?) been demonstrated to be an effective use of resources in long-term space travel.