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A Salad Bar for the Space Station
universetoday.com ^ | April 11, 2014 | Jason Major on

Posted on 04/11/2014 9:17:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Although fruit and vegetables do occasionally find their way aboard the ISS via resupply missions (to the delight of the crew) researchers are moving one step closer to actually having a vegetable garden in orbit. On Monday, April 14, NASA’s Veg-01 experiment will launch to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule to test the in-flight viability of an expandable plant growth chamber named “Veggie.”

In development for several years, Veggie is now getting its chance to be space-tested with the launch of the SpaceX-3 resupply mission. Veggie uses clear collapsible “pillows” as miniature greenhouses, inside which plants can be grown with the aid of root-mats and a bank of LED lights.

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1 posted on 04/11/2014 9:17:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Curious as to any benefits to life support in regards to O2-CO2 swapping between the plants and crew.


2 posted on 04/11/2014 9:20:31 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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Whoever designs a reliable technology for using plants to fully recycle C)2 and waste into oxygen and food will own space.


3 posted on 04/11/2014 9:25:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

How jolly.


4 posted on 04/11/2014 10:32:01 PM PDT by onedoug
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5 posted on 04/12/2014 2:39:17 AM PDT by Daffynition (I stand with the Bundy Family!)
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