The desire for exploration is deeply ingrained in the human psyche. However, as we push the frontiers of discovery, the challenges we face become equally daunting. The overall goal of this section is to address one of the most critical concerns, How do we reliably feed those humans we send into space? Currently, all supplies consumed by space missions must be sent via exorbitantly expensive rockets that necessarily prevent us from venturing too far from Earth. Astro-agriculture aims to address this problem in several ways. This talk will describe future food production systems for space and focus on the Veggie system on ISS as a way to answer the many questions that remain to enable exploration to Mars and beyond.


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    Title :

    Food Production for Space Exploration


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    HRT/PSM Spring Seminar Series ; 2017 ; East Lansing, MI, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-02-09


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English