Could Astronauts In The ISS Get All Their Oxygen & Food From Algae & Plants?
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 19:10
in Earth & Climate
Perhaps you saw the news recently about astronauts in the International Space Station eating their first home grown lettuce? It's just a beginning, but in the future, could they grow all their own food and get all their oxygen from plants? The signs so far are promising, that they could. The crew of the ISS eating their first home grown lettuce in space. Could they grow all their own food and get all their own oxygen from plants? We probably won't be able to recreate the tropical jungles and other mini ecosystems of Biosphere 2 in space, at least, not until we can build much larger habitats than the ISS. read more