Aggie Impact: Growing Plants In Space
In 2017, NASA launched a five-year project to make life self-sustaining on Mars. Utah State University Botanist Bruce Bugbee was selected to find a way to grow plants in artificial mediums. “The central challenge is to grow food from recycled wastes in a small, closed system. We started with a recycling, hydroponic system and will gradually expand to include Martian soil,” said Bugbee. Students at USU’s Crop Physiology Lab are able to replicate conditions on Mars. Plants, like radishes and lettuce, are successfully growing, contributing to the main goal: make plant life possible on Mars.
Learn more about Utah State University's world-wide impact at http://www.usu.edu/impact/
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