Jami'in sararin samaniya na Amurka Don Petit ya bayyana hoton dankali mai launin shudi daga tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya, wanda ya haifar da tambayoyi kan ko wannan abu wani halitta ne daga sararin samaniya. Amma gaskiyar ita ce wannan abu ba komai ba ne face dankali da aka shuka a sararin samaniya, wanda ke nuna ci gaban fasahar shuka abinci a cikin yanayi marasa al'ada.
A cikin wani rubutu a shafin X, Petit ya bayyana karin bayani game da sha'awarsa ta shuka abinci a sararin samaniya, inda ya nuna cewa wannan dankalin yana daga cikin aikin sa na musamman a tashar sararin samaniya. Ya ce: "Spudnik-1, dankali yana juyawa a sararin samaniya. Na shuka dankalin a lokacin Expedition 72 a matsayin wani bangare na lambun sararin samaniya na, wanda shine aikin da na yi a lokacin hutu na."
Bayani akan taron
Dankalin da aka shuka a sararin samaniya yana da launin shudi, wanda ba kasafai ake samu ba, kuma wannan yana faruwa ne saboda karuwar matakan anthocyanin, wanda shine sinadarin da ke ba da launi. Petit ya tabbatar da cewa dankali yana daga cikin shuke-shuke masu inganci a fannin abinci idan aka kwatanta da nauyin su, ciki har da tushen su. Hakanan ya ambaci cewa an gane dankali a cikin littafi da fim The Martian a matsayin babban abinci a cikin binciken sararin samaniya na gaba.
A cikin tafiyoyi hudu na sararin samaniya, Petit ya yi jimlar 590 kwanaki a sararin samaniya, inda ya dauki hotuna masu ban mamaki, ciki har da hotuna na taurari da kuma nunin aurora daga sararin samaniya.
Bayani da mahallin
Ci gaban fasahar shuka abinci a sararin samaniya ya zama babban abin sha'awa ga yawancin hukumomin sararin samaniya a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, ciki har da NASA, Hukumar Sararin Samaniya ta Turai, Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Jamus, da Hukumar Binciken Sararin Samaniya ta Japan. Wadannan kokarin suna nufin ba da damar gudanar da ayyukan dogon lokaci zuwa planet Mars da wata, inda zai zama ba zai yiwu ba a aikawa da duk kayan abinci daga duniya.
NASA ta riga ta yi nasarar shuka lettuce da wasu kayan lambu da aka shuka da fasahar shuka sararin samaniya kamar Veggie da Advanced Plant Habitat. Yayin da Hukumar Sararin Samaniya ta Turai ke mai da hankali kan tsarin halittu masu sabuntawa, wanda ya hada da shuka abinci daga kwayoyin halitta da sel jini, tare da abinci da aka shuka a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje.
Tasiri da sakamako
Shuka abinci a sararin samaniya yana da matukar muhimmanci wajen cimma dorewa a cikin ayyukan sararin samaniya na gaba. Tare da karuwar sha'awa ga binciken dogon lokaci, yana da muhimmanci a inganta fasahohi masu tasiri don samar da abinci ga masu tafiya. Nasarar Petit a shuka dankali na iya bude sabbin hanyoyi don inganta shuka abinci a cikin wasu yanayi na sararin samaniya, kamar wata da Mars.
Wasu daga cikin manyan fasahohin da ake amfani da su a shuka sararin samaniya sun hada da hydroponics, wanda ke dogara ne akan girma shuke-shuke a cikin ruwa mai wadatar sinadarai maimakon ƙasa, tare da bioreactors wanda ke canza fermentation na yeast ko bacteria zuwa furotin.
Tasirin a yankin Arab
Wannan ci gaban a shuka abinci a sararin samaniya yana da muhimmanci musamman ga yankin Arab, inda kasashe da yawa ke fama da karancin albarkatun abinci. Wadannan sabbin fasahohi na iya ba da karfin gwiwa ga kasashen Arab don bincika sabbin fasahohin shuka, ko a sararin samaniya ko a duniya, wanda zai taimaka wajen inganta tsaron abinci.
A karshe, nasarar jami'in sararin samaniya Don Petit a shuka dankali a sararin samaniya yana nuna yadda fasaha za ta iya bude sabbin hanyoyi a fannin shuka, wanda zai taimaka wajen cimma dorewa a nan gaba.