In a Series of Experiments, Scientists Are Learning How to Farm on Mars

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=31162

(Inside Science) — Scientists in Norway and the Netherlands may have brought us closer to workable space farms, which experts agree are necessary if astronauts are ever going to reach Mars.
"Astronauts stay on the International Space Station for six months and they can bring everything they need in either freeze-dried or vacuum packs, but the next goal for all space agencies is to reach Mars where travel is much longer," explained Silje Wolff, a plant physiologist at the Centre for Inter

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January 22, 2019 at 06:47PM

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