We Measure The World-Episode 17: The science behind growing food in space

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Dr. Bruce Bugbee, Professor of Crop Physiology and Director of the Crop Physiology Lab at Utah State University, discusses his space farming research and what we earthlings can learn from space farming techniques. Find out what happens to plants in a zero-gravity environment and how scientists overcome the particular challenges of deploying measurement sensors in space. He also shares his research on the efficacy of LED lights for indoor growing.
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[@RockPileTanks]

Just grow the plant on the moon, under the surface, with leds, that should solve alot of your problems lol😂