Nasa swaps rocket science for rocket salad - ow.ly/wwG41 Most people associate Nasa with rocket science but now the American space agency has turned its attention to rocket salad. A portable greenhouse to grow lettuces was recently taken to the International Space Station. Birkbecks Professor Ian Crawford is an advocate of manned exploration of space. He says: The ability to grow food in space will become increasingly important in the context of future long-duration space missions, and especially in the context of future human settlements on the moon and Mars. These experiments are an important step in developing this capability. In short, before Nasa can set off in search of little green men, its astronauts must develop some little green fingers.
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 16:07:24 +0000
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