A Century of Antarctic Agriculture Is Helping Scientists Grow Food in Space – The Wire Science - The Wire Science

Before sending people to the Moon or Mars, it might be wise to first prove that a settlement can survive on its own amid the frozen southern plains of Earth.

A greenhouse of plants at a South Pole research station, December 2003. Photo: daview/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

• Just as in Antarctic history, the question of how to grow plants is central to any dis… [+7537 chars]
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