Robotic Gardeners & the Future of Food in Deep Space
Tang and freeze-dried ice cream is fun to consume for about five minutes of your life. When youâre 10. But when youâre floating in space, the limited culinary options leave something to be desired. In fact, astronauts on long trips typically donât eat enough. Thatâs where SPOT and ROGR come in: a smart growing chamber and gardening robot, respectively, currently being developed by a graduate team at the University of Colorado Boulder.
The goal is to be able to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in the space environment. Not only will that allow astronauts to get some variety in their diet, but it gives them access to living, green, growing life in what is otherwise a sterile, metal box. Astronauts have reported greatly enjoying previous experiments that gave them a chance to tend to plants in space and help something thrive…
Source: motherboard.vice.com
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