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Re:NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors say by thescriptkiddie on Monday November 23, 2015 @03:17PM (#10617017)
Hydroponics and aeroponics don't require any soil. Using red/blue grow lights instead of full spectrum roughly halves that solar power estimate, and in space they have no atmosphere to block the sun. The ISS certainly couldn't be self-sufficient as is, but it could be with relatively modest expansion.
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Re:NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors say by noselfrighteous on Monday November 23, 2015 @04:35PM (#10617482)
Would be interesting to see how the lack of gravity affects growth.
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Re:NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors say by thescriptkiddie on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:46PM (#10617912)
They're working on it: http://spaceflight101.com/iss/veggie/
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