Great choice! Two quarts is more than you probably drink during the day, but weightlessness makes astronauts dehydrated. So they need to drink more water than usual.

What's next? You'll need to eat—nobody wants to go hungry in space! But how much food do you need each day?

An adult astronaut needs about 3000 calories each day. That's more than needed on earth, but astronauts work hard in space! What's the best menu to provide those calories?

Check the meal requirements, then select the best foods to get all the necessary nutrition! You can use the built-in calculator at the bottom of the list to help you compute each requirement.

	Food		Calories	Protein (grams)	Carbohydrates (grams)	Fat (grams)
		Roasted Chicken	300	34	0	15
		Chicken Nuggets	320	13	30	17
		Baked Potato	150	3	31	0
		Submarine Sandwich	400	16	50	16
		Fruit Cocktail	70	0	19	0
		Watermelon	49	1	11	1
		Energy Bar	250	10	45	6
		Chocolate Bar	150	2	23	8
		Chocolate Chip Cookies (5)	400	1	11	4
		Soda pop	150	0	0	0
		Milk	80	8	11	1

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