Nasa Builds Menu For Planned Mars Mission In 2030s

HOUSTON (AP) -- Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1950s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the origins of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking....

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