NASA's VEGGIE System Will Make Space Farmers Out of Space Cowboys

treehugger.com 19 Oct '12, 9am

NASA's VEGGIE System Will Make Space Farmers Out of Space Cowboys

Those of us on terra firma don’t often think of the people on the International Space Station when we talk about or try to find solutions to food deserts. But living 200 miles above the surface of the planet means these astronauts can’t dash out to their local farmers market when they have a hankering for salad. The obvious solution to the dearth of fresh produce is to find ways for astronauts to grow their own food. A new Vegetable Production System, called VEGGIE for short, is set to launch aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on NASA’s third Commercial Resupply Services mission next year that will turn astronauts into space farmers. The VEGGIE system weighs about 15 pounds has a footprint equal to that of a microwave oven, and only requires about 115 watts to operate. According the NASA, that’s less than half the energy it takes to power a desktop computer or monitor. © NASA ...

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