title: The future of irradiation applications on Earth and in space.
abstract: What needs to be done to establish food irradiation on a truly commercial basis so that those living on planet Earth can fully realize the benefits of this versatile process?  This question is answered in the first part of this paper.  The second part covers the potential contributions of irradiated foods to feed humans in space.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karel
mesh_terms: D018534:Earth, Planet; D005511:Food Handling / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D005514:Food Irradiation; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D005524:Food Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018535:Mars; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors