Caleigh and Sara pull up a post from a dietitian friend breaking down NASA's Artemis II crew menu, and it's not the bland astronaut food you're picturing. 189 menu items. Barbecue brisket. Mac and cheese. Nutella. Real food, not restriction.
NASA requires astronauts to hit 1.2 to 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, and every calorie is individualized per crew member, anywhere from 1,900 to 3,200 a day depending on size and activity. No blanket numbers, no cookie-cutter plan. If NASA won't send someone to the moon without hitting their protein, why are you skipping yours?
The real takeaway isn't the menu, it's the system behind it. Astronauts don't eat on a rigid 7-12-6 schedule; they eat when the mission allows, inside a structure built to flex. That's the model: not more rules, just a system that bends around real life instead of breaking the first time your schedule changes.
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