"It's really cool to think about, that you're making something that astronauts could eat," said senior Angel Garcia.
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Garcia and other students at Alvin ISD's J.B. Hensler College and Career Academy are part of a nationwide NASA competition for the chance to cook a meal that will be taken into space.
More than 70 other schools from around the country are also competing.
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Students have spent months researching storage practices and nutrition.
"We can't have too much sodium or they will have swelling," said Alli Westover, a project engineer with NASA. "We need to have a lot of fiber because the GI system completely slows down in space."
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