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Luo Wenkun once accidentally bought an artificial shrimp, and found no obvious abnormalities when eating it. After checking the ingredient list on the package, he found that it was actually an artificial shrimp made of vegetable protein.

After reading the words on the packaging, Luo Wenkun realized that there seemed to be some slight differences between the two, but it was not certain whether this was just a psychological suggestion.

Hearing Luo Wenkun's words, Lin Shi quickly retorted:

It's just that your sense of taste is not sensitive enough. The difference is still very obvious. Plant protein cannot completely replace animal protein. A life without meat is an incomplete life!

As a foodie and a meat lover, Lin Shi insisted on her point of view, and did not back down because of Luo Wenkun's words.

I also support Lin Shi on this point. It is really uncomfortable not to eat meat. Substituting plant protein for animal protein is essentially still a vegetarian. Hu Shucheng said.

Seeing this, Xu You also stood up and said:

Yes, I also think that animal protein is an indispensable part. Of course, I also know that it is difficult to build a pasture like that on the blue star under the moon. Even if some pastures can be built, the meat The price will be very high, and it can only be provided to a small number of people. This is not in line with our original concept.

Since Xu You is willing to take people from all over the world to flee together, he naturally hopes that everyone can live a better life instead of living in an underground shelter like in a prison.

At this time, Xu You changed the subject:

I think that if you want to balance this matter, one direction that can be considered is to study real 'artificial meat'.

Real artificial meat?

Hearing Xu You's words, Luo Wenkun, Lin Shi and Hu Shucheng all said in surprise.

Lin Shi was the first to react, and confirmed to Xu You:

Teacher, is the direction you're talking about using cell bases to grow artificial meat?

Lin Shi deserves to be one of the people who has the most tacit understanding with Xu You, and she immediately understood Xu You's thoughts.

Xu You nodded and said:

Yes, this is the direction. We directly use animal stem cells as seeds to cultivate all kinds of meat like planting plants. In fact, some companies have already done this direction, but it is still in its infancy. There is still a very big gap from the real marketization. What we want to do is to make this technology truly applied and truly marketized.”

The current direction of cell-based artificial meat, the meat produced not only tastes worse than normal meat, but also the cost is very high, far more expensive than ordinary meat.

Except for a very small number of people who buy this kind of artificial meat with a curiosity-seeking attitude, most ordinary people will never pay more attention to this kind of artificial meat.

Well, if this technology can really be marketed, I am willing to try to accept this kind of artificial meat. The premise is that the taste is not too much worse than normal meat, safety issues can be guaranteed, and the price is normal. Lin Shi said.

However, this technology is really exciting. Using cell bases to produce artificial meat can only produce specific parts. For example, chicken can produce more parts of chicken wings, pork can produce more trotters, and beef can produce more five parts. The part of the tendon meat... no, thinking about it makes my mouth water.

Hu Shucheng is quite optimistic about this technology. After all, if it can really be like Hu Shucheng's ideal, then human beings can really realize the freedom of meat.

After listening to everyone's discussion, Luo Wenkun said:

Well, this direction can indeed be discussed in detail. But we are not experts in biology after all, so let's study together with experts in the future. I will talk about this matter with experts such as Gao Mi, and wait until I return to Jijing University. Then, let’s discuss it carefully.”

Xu You didn't study the technology of cell-based cultured artificial meat too deeply, so he nodded and agreed to Luo Wenkun's proposal.

In the following time, everyone continued to discuss other details of the lunar space station transformation project, and reached agreement on multiple ideas.

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After several days of meetings, a number of engineering cooperation agreements have been completed among expert delegations from various countries.

This represents that the lunar space station transformation plan is no longer just an empty fantasy, but a plan that has really started.

The transformation of the lunar space station does not mean that all human beings in Blue Star will definitely take the moon to escape to outer space. This is just an alternative plan.

If human beings can successfully resist the impact of alien civilization and ensure the safety of the blue star, then there is no need for human beings to evacuate.

But everyone knows that judging from the various technologies displayed by the alien civilization, their civilization level is likely to be much higher than that of the Blue Star civilization.

Therefore, regardless of whether the humans on Blue Star want to escape in the end, the lunar space station transformation plan must be carried out as soon as possible.

After the meeting, Xu You and others returned to Jijing University.

Gao Mi had already received a notification from Luo Wenkun. After confirming that Xu You had returned to school and had time to see him, he brought several core scientists in the team to Xu You's laboratory.

Professor Gao, you are here.

Seeing Gao Mi and the others coming, Xu You greeted them with a smile.

Academician Xu, I heard that you and Mr. Luo are discussing the issue of artificial meat, and you want to discuss it with us.

Yes, there is indeed such a thing. This is a technology that needs to be researched on the moon later, because the space on the moon is relatively limited. It is not easy to build a large number of pastures like on the blue star. Realistic things. Therefore, we must carry out technical research on artificial meat, and strive to allow people all over the world to eat meat on the moon.”

Hearing what Xu You said, Gao Mi finally understood why Xu You wanted to find him.

It turns out that the space on the moon is really not suitable for raising livestock on a large scale.

In the following time, Gao Mi introduced some information about artificial meat to Xu You.

There are two main directions for artificial meat. The first is artificial meat based on plant protein, that is, plant-based artificial meat. This direction can simulate the taste of meat to the greatest extent, but it is still plant protein in essence.

The second type is animal-based artificial meat, which is different from plant-based artificial meat. It is based on biological tissue culture and uses animal stem cells as seeds to produce meat.