Feeding a Mars mission: The challenges of growing plants in space

Posted by on September 21, 2016 2:39 pm
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Plants will play a critical role in the survival of human beings on long-duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars.  However, as a new paper shows, many challenges need to be addressed if astronauts are to successfully grow enough food on board spacecraft and on other planets.

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