Astronauts 3D-Print Beef On The International Space Station

Most people like eating meat, but the ecological impact of raising livestock to feed 7 billion humans is not insignificant.

- Ryan Whitwam

So companies around the world are trying to come up with alternative ways of producing meat and meat-like materials. That’s all happened on Earth, but what about meat-loving astronauts? For the first time, we’ve made synthetic meat in space aboard the International Space Station.