Mars exploration: NASA develops lunar greenhouse to grow vegetables on the Moon and Mars - TomoNews

TUCSON, ARIZONA — NASA hopes astronauts will be able to grow their own vegetables on future missions to the Moon or Mars, thanks to a greenhouse project it is working on with the University of Arizona.

The prototype lunar greenhouse is cylindrical. It is 18 feet long and more than 8 feet in diameter. It uses a hydroponic system in which water enriched with nutrient salts flows continuously through the roots of the plants.

The carbon dioxide exhaled by the astronauts can be absorbed by the plants. In return, the plants produce oxygen for the astronauts through photosynthesis. The exchange forms a bioregenerative life support system, according to NASA’s official website.

“The entire system of the lunar greenhouse does represent, in a small way, the biological systems that are here on Earth,” Dr Gene Giacomelli, director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center at the University of Arizona, said in a press release.

NASA’s Veggie Plant Growth System was the first fresh-food growth experiment on the International Space Station. The space agency hopes to provide a more sustainable approach to long-term exploration on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

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[MartynDerg]

nobody:
the bowling alley screen: 0:58

[MartynDerg]

1:44 and just like that, mars grows an entire south america

[hiddenfog]

It looked like a weed cellar in the thumbnail

[mybackisinpain]

This is cool and all but why are you talking like that

[ahmedharith]

That's really cool, how we as humans could advance in last century compared to the whole mankind existence on this planet.
I wish to see what' it is gonna be like in the far future and what's life would be like.
Shame how humans are bounded by time.

[Ash-fdww]

Why don't we just bombard mars with tungsten rods until a volcano or big big hot pit forms and heat mars that way?

[powderwigwoodenteethmf]

Matt Damon grew potatoes with his shit on mars

[sloshedlife]

If the polar ice caps melt all the way we should take the water to mars lol





also living on mars would be awsome because there would be no bugs or rodents imagine never getting bit by mosquitos or never seeing another mouse in are house

[Spectrum_Aerospacejet_Lab]

There is not enough sunlight and heat on Mars for plants like strawberries, lettuce and tomatoes to mature, even in greenhouses. May take two to tree times longer for plants to flower on Mars. Unless you can find a lot of fissile material there.

[miked]

problems with this as it will create excess waste that has to be disposed of and is not reusable so its basically one season done. not a repetitive cycle allowing consistent food.

[jaydenhaynes]

Am I the only one to click on the video mainly because I thought they were talking about weed in space

[MrRightThinker]

to Terafarm Mars
1. 1 or more artificial stationary satellites must be kept above mars north and South pole orbiting


2. Bombard those ice caps with LASERs And Similar technologies so that they melts into water to form seas .

[RyzenVyzen]

who tf is gonna try to rip on elon-kun at the end of video

[jessemeyer]

Its a dream of mine to be a horticulturalist on another planet!