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Long Duration Space Travel-Growing Food

zogger
Mon Oct 09 20:17:38 -0700 2006
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Current man in space food requirements are relatively simple-it gets shipped up or they carry it with them. But what about really long duration travel, where periodic resupply is impractical, or even space colonies where Earth-like conditions don't exist? Enter space agriculture, and the research going on to grow food in space.


"Long periods of total darkness and poor soil needn't stop an avid gardener – at least not one who's willing to go out of this world to grow plants."..more there, images, link to research projects

Long Duration Space Travel-Growing Food
Lion Kimbro
Tue Oct 10 18:18:04 -0700 2006
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If you can grow food in space, why do you need planets?

What benefit do you get from getting yourself stuck on a gravity well?
 

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