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NEW GREENHOUSE PROMISES FRESH SALAD IN SPACE
Discovery News ^ | 09/15/10 | Irene Klotz

Posted on 09/15/2010 5:58:47 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Heading to Mars? Save room for three tons of food. That's about how much you'll need to feed a crew of four during an 18-month trip.

Or, you could harvest your own crops from a space greenhouse, like the prototype unit NASA is testing in Arizona this month during its space technology lollapalooza known as Desert RATs.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: space
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To: KevinDavis

Do astronauts eat anything with little to no nutritional value while in space?


21 posted on 09/15/2010 11:49:34 PM PDT by wastedyears (Iron Maiden's new album in the top 5 in the US. Incredible)
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To: SunkenCiv
What you say?!

(Actually, I've thought for a while if NASA is going to send men and women on multiyear voyages, they're going to have to deal with the sex in space issue.)

22 posted on 09/16/2010 9:46:17 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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