Clayton Anderson

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Science Friday · How can astronaut food be better? · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

And there's another guy out there named Chip Davis from Mannheim Steamroller who has an idea for ambient therapy, he calls it, and where he goes and digitally records sounds in various environments, like in a rainforest or on the plateaus of the Utah desert or wherever it may be.

So now think about this, right?

You got David and you got Chip and you're on a trip to Mars at six to nine months.

What if you're sitting together and you're smelling evergreen trees and a burning fire as you eat one of David's

hot dogs with sauerkraut or whatever it is right with the human mind and with these guys genius talent you can create scenarios that allow people who are stuck with each other in a tin can traveling through space

with these amazing experiences.

And you don't have to do it every day.

You know, we used to work really hard to have a big meal.

If a shuttle crew docked to the space station, you know, we all had at least one big meal where the shuttle guys brought their food, the Russian guys brought their food, you know, and we just had a big smorgasbord.

Well, these are the kind of experiences that you can do at the end of the week or during a tough time, you know, if you had a scenario where

Lord forbid someone lost a family member back on Earth while they're traveling to Mars.

These are those things that psychologically can be a big, big deal.

And people like David, they need to be involved in this stuff.

And that's a weakness NASA has.

I believe that we haven't pushed for this yet.

And we need to push for this kind of stuff.

Yeah, we're good at technical and rocket engines and the rocket equation and creating oxygen and having sleep stations and all that.

But eventually you got to go up here and you got to hit the mental aspect of this.

And you have to hit it in ways that are simple, don't weigh much and give big impact.

So if I can break...

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