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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 th
by thescriptkiddie 11y ago
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.
- noselfrighteous 11y agoWould be interesting to see how the lack of gravity affects growth.
- thescriptkiddie 11y agoThey're working on it: http://spaceflight101.com/iss/veggie/ http://spaceflight101.com/iss/veggie/