From: schillin@spock.usc.edu   
      
   "Allen Thomson"  writes:   
      
   >Ian Stirling wrote:   
      
   >> The claim is basically rubbish.   
      
   >> No, freeze-dried stuff may not have all of the nutrients it once did   
   >> ten years out, or be quite as tasty.   
      
   >I checked on MREs and the Army's nutrition lab says that they're   
   >nutritionally good beyond 10 years if held unfrozen at 15 C   
   >(60 degrees 'murkin).  So I agree, the claim that a few-year   
   >mission couldn't get along on preserved food plus some   
   >supplements looks pretty odd.   
      
      
   The Army's nutrition lab also says that MREs, new or old, are   
   nutritionally *bad* if they are the entirety of one's diet for   
   more than a few weeks.  If you believe the Army, you can't just   
   stock your Mars ship with a three-year supply of MREs and imagine   
   the problem has been solved.   
      
      
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