全球快餐连锁巨头麦当劳日前在加拿大首次进军人造肉市场，推出了使用人造肉的汉堡。有顾客食用后称，口感和味道能达到80%的相似。
不管人们有没有做好准备，一些商家已经开始在更广的范围内推广人造肉了。那么遨游太空时想吃肉怎么办？只要一小块肌肉组织就能打印出人造肉。
据外媒报道，以色列初创公司Aleph Farms首次展示了在地球微重力条件下培育实验室肉的能力。一项在国际空间站(ISS)上进行的实验则揭示了将能在未来为深空任务持续供应肉类的潜力。
太空中的首次尝试
It is understood that the experimental contents include sending bovine cells to ISS and using a 3D bioprinter to cultivate cells into small muscle tissue. Aleph Farms says this is the first time that people have tried this experiment under microgravity.
据了解，实验内容包括了将牛细胞送到ISS、使用3D生物打印机将细胞培养成小型肌肉组织。Aleph Farms表示，这是人们第一次在微重力条件下尝试这个实验过程。
In September, a box containing bovine cells was launched to the International Space Station. On September 26, scientists, with the help of astronauts, carried out artificial meat cultivation experiments on the Russian part of the International Space Station.
今年9月份，一个装有牛细胞的盒子被发射到国际空间站，9月26日，科学家在宇航员的帮助下，在国际空间站俄罗斯部分进行了人造肉培育实验。
Let stem cells grow in a special 3-D printing vessel. As a result, small-scale muscle tissue has been successfully generated. The success of the space artificial meat experiment has been announced.
让干细胞在一种特殊的3d打印器皿中成长，结果成功地生成小规模肌肉组织，宣布太空人造肉实验成功！
Scientists say the aim of the experiment is to show how humans can produce artificial meat with minimal resources under harsh conditions.
科学家表示，进行该项试验的目的是展示人类如何在恶劣条件下以最少资源来生产人造肉。
"It was really a breakthrough both for Roscosmos and Russia as a whole," said Nikolai Burdeiny, executive director of the state space corporation, which includes Roscosmos.
俄罗斯联邦航天局所属的俄罗斯国家航天公司的执行董事尼古拉·布尔杰伊尼说：“这对俄罗斯联邦航天局和整个俄罗斯来说都是巨大的突破。”
细胞培育
It is understood that the company mainly separates beef cells from cattle through scientific and technological means, cultivates them in the laboratory, arranges and replicates the cell tissues with 3D cloning technology, and makes them form muscle structure similar to traditional meat.
据了解，该公司主要通过科技手段将牛肉细胞从牛身上分离，在实验室内进行培育，用3D克隆技术对细胞组织进行排列和复制，使其形成类似于传统肉类的肌肉结构。
It is reported that Aleph Farms has been at the forefront of technological progress in this field. It not only produces alternatives to minced meat products, but also produces lab-grown steak that mimics the taste, shape, texture and structure of different animal muscle tissues.
据悉，Aleph Farms一直处于该领域的技术进步前沿，其不仅生产肉糜产品的替代品，还生产能够模仿不同动物肌肉组织味道、形状、质地和结构的实验室培育完整牛排。
The company also pointed out that the concept validation experiment was designed to demonstrate the efficiency of its advanced cell culture process.
这家公司还指出，概念验证实验旨在证明其先进细胞培养过程的效率。
According to Bloomberg, Aleph Farms said the experimental results showed that artificial meat technology could be applied to the space environment and could provide meat for astronauts.
据彭博社报道，Aleph Farms方面表示，实验结果表明人造肉技术能够应用于太空环境，并有望为宇航员提供肉类食品。
But the experiment is just proof of the concept of artificial meat. It will take at least three years for the company's artificial beef steak or hamburger to actually reach the consumer's table.
但这项实验仅是人造肉概念的证明，公司的人造肉牛排或汉堡要真上到消费者餐桌还至少需要三年时间。
新的食物制造战略
Although plant-based meat substitutes such as "Beyond Meat" and "Impossible Burgers" are currently attracting mainstream markets, real laboratory-grown meat is still on the verge of commercial supply.
虽然像Beyond Meat、Impossible Burgers等以植物为基础的肉类替代品目前正吸引着主流市场，但真正的实验室培育肉仍处于商业化供应的边缘。
Particularly noteworthy is that this meat-making method uses far less natural resources than traditional animal husbandry, which means that it is a theoretically viable food-making strategy for long-distance space travel.
特别值得注意的是，这种肉类制造方法使用的自然资源比传统畜牧业要少得多，这意味着在长途太空旅行中，这是一种理论上可行的食物制造战略。
Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, said: "In space, we don't have 10,000 or 15,000 liters of water to produce a kilogram of beef.
Aleph Farms联合创始人兼首席执行官Didier Toubia表示：“在太空中，我们没有1万或1.5万升的水来生产1公斤的牛肉。
This joint experiment marks an important first step towards realizing our vision of protecting natural resources while ensuring food security for future generations.
这项联合实验标志着我们朝实现我们的愿景迈出了重要的第一步，即在保护自然资源的同时确保后代的粮食安全。”
是大红的
从2010年到2050年，全球动物肉类的消费量预计将增长88%，因此，寻找资源消耗较少的生产方式至关重要。通过体外培养动物细胞生产的“无屠宰肉”，可能是解决这一挑战的办法。
有科学家表示，如果人类大量食用“无屠宰”肉，那么可以减少多达96%的农业温室气体排放，全球变暖危机得到控制，地球将被拯救。
太空人造肉实验成功标志着人类已经迈出了重要一步，这一步不但确保了子孙后代的自然环境和资源，还解决了他们的食品来源问题，不过人造肉是否会给人体带来不利影响目前还不清楚。
但人们正在寻求积极的解决方法，科技为人类带来了更多的可能性，也为了创造更好的生活。各界环保人士呼吁所有人都应该为全球变暖做出微小贡献。
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Earth resources
Earth resources are things found in nature that people can use.
Water and trees are important Earth resources.
What are some other Earth resources?
Enormous
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What is another word for enormous?
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