Tag Archive: NASA

Special Spuds: Crops for Mars

Callie

In the movie, The Martian, it appears luck would be on the astronaut’s side that he has raw potatoes on hand. These starters for crops for Mars are pure coincidence? Common sense survival tactics? Nope. Science has known for years that crops will grow on Mars. And there’s a potato that will grow in almost…

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Growing Hydroponics & Food In Space

April is a professional copywriter for web content and social media who finds the idea of growing fresh food at home fascinating. This article was originally published in Garden Culture Magazine, Issue 2 under the title, “Growing in Space”. Orbiting approximately 350 kilometers over the surface of the Earth is the International Space Station (ISS). Since 2002…
February 8, 2016
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The Alien Grow Room

If you think that there’s a lot involved in getting your grow room properly outfitted to produce a successful harvest, consider how much more involved it would be if you were somewhere other than Earth. Sure, it would be easier to just pour tap water into your hydro system reservoir without testing the pH or…
June 27, 2015
Tammy Clayton