I'm a space nutritionist sending the first mushrooms into orbit. It could make travel to Mars a whole lot more palatable.

FOODiQ Global

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Flávia Fayet-Moore, a nutrition scientist and the founder and CEO of FOODiQ Global, a nutrition research company. On a March 31 SpaceX flight departing out of Florida, the company plans to send their mushroom experiment to space as part of a partnership with NASA and SpaceX. This essay has been edited for length and clarity.

I'm a space nutritionist sending the first mushrooms into orbit. It could make travel to Mars a whole lot more palatable.

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