Ask an Aquanaut: Food and Water?
Michelle asks: How do you get drinking water and food?
Dear Michelle
Our expert staff of divers brings food down to the Aquarius habitat in a special pressure and water tight pot. Most of the food is brought down before the mission begins. The main staples are packages of dehydrated food that you just add hot water to, like what people eat when they are camping or what astronauts eat in space. Sometimes during a mission, divers will make special deliveries of food, which is a real treat for the aquanauts.
As for water, it is brought out on a boat in a tank and then transferred to a tank on Aquarius, bottled water is also stored in the Aquarius for drinking as well.
Dr. Ellen Prager
Chief Scientist, Aquarius Reef Base
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