Lab-Grown Meat Chunks - It's What's For Dinner

jonerik writes "CNN has this story on a NASA-funded project being conducted at Touro College in New York. In the experiment, segments of muscle are cut from large goldfish and placed in a vat of 'nutrient-rich liquid,' with the fish chunks growing by 16% within a week. It is hoped that future developments will permit astronauts on long-term missions to include fresh meat in their diet without having to bring along actual animals and fish into space. New Scientist is also reporting the story."

Comments

The Matrix?

[dimer0]

Getting closer to the "single-celled protiens packed with amino acids" that the guys from the Matrix were eating..

Why don't we just skip all this inbetween crap and go straight to that? .. As long as it has a zesty orangle flavor, I'm all over it.

Already done!

[seanadams.com]

Amazing device turns grass into meat!!!

Re:hydroponic meat?

[cperciva]

it's practically unworkable keeping livestock on earth once the population starts approaching 10 billion

Once the population reaches 10 billion, we don't have to *keep* livestock any more. It's already there. 10 billion worth, in fact.

Perfect!

[Grendel Drago]

They basically end up living off of the equivalent of frozen dinners and ramen.

...which is why NASA needs to start launching geeks into space!

Really, we're used to freeze-dried diets, Tang and total isolation from the rest of humanity!

--grendel drago