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How did Reid Stowe manage? He surely could not have relied on frozen food, too much risk of a generator failing. "In 2010 Stowe completed a more extensive oce
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
How did Reid Stowe manage? He surely could not have relied on frozen food, too much risk of a generator failing.
"In 2010 Stowe completed a more extensive ocean voyage, entitled 1000 Days at Sea: The Mars Ocean Odyssey—a journey that commenced on April 21, 2007, from the 12th St. Pier, Hoboken, New Jersey.[1] Stowe was the principal designer and builder of the Anne, a 70 ft (21.3 m), 60-ton (54,400 kg) gaff-rigged schooner which he sailed on this voyage.[1][2] The purpose of the enterprise was to remain on the open ocean, without resupply or pulling into any harbor, for a period of one thousand days, "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Stowe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Stowe
- idlewords 3y agoAccording to this link, he and his passenger cooked their own food: rice and beans, pasta, salt fish, and dried fruits, with sprouts for vitamins [http://www.marinebuzz.com/2008/02/23/soanya-ahmad-abandons-1000-days-at-sea-expedition-after-306-days/ http://www.marinebuzz.com/2008/02/23/soanya-ahmad-abandons-1...]. The food shelf-life problem is solved if you can rehydrate and cook foods, like this crew did. But a spacecraft has the cooking facilities of an office breakroom — just a microwave and source of hot water. And in that situation, where you need precooked heat-in-bag foods that stay shelf-stable for three years without refrigeration, we don't yet have the technology.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoWhy can't you include dried pulses and dehydrated other foods? All of those can be cooked in a microwave? Dried pulses are edible for a very long time.