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Despite how easy it looks in movies, growing plants on other planets is trickier than you might imagine.
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Sources:
nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00159-0
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-103A
nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958166921001646
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552420300730#sec0001
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veggie_fact_sheet_508.pdf
sciencefocus.com/space/why-the-first-plant-grown-on-the-moon-is-a-significant-milestone-in-space-exploration
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/farmers-could-grow-crops-lunar-and-martian-soil-study-suggests-180973387
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/can-humans-farm-plants-mars-and-moon/588145
degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opag-2019-0051/html
youtube.com/watch?v=IaFKFCqFIOg&ab_channel=NationalSpaceCentre
directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-4
Images:
gettyimages.com
nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
nasa.gov/image-feature/veggies-in-space
nasa.gov/content/plant-habitat-04
nasa.gov/image-feature/growing-veggies-in-space
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salyut_7_paper_model.JPG
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Food_for_Space_Flight.html
nasa.gov/image-feature/retrofuturistic-nasa-space-art
youtube.com/watch?v=ACgTZ01d9O0&ab_channel=NASA
nasa.gov/feature/researchers-put-space-garden-microbes-under-the-microscope
youtube.com/watch?v=H_qPWZbxFl8&ab_channel=NASAJohnson
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChangE-4_-_PCAM.png
nasa.gov/content/veggie-plant-growth-system-activated-on-international-space-station
Despite how easy it looks in movies, growing plants on other planets is trickier than you might imagine.
Hosted By: Reid Reimers
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks!
Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace
Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
SciShow on TikTok: tiktok.com/@scishow
SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org
Facebook: facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: twitter.com/scishow
Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow
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Sources:
nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00159-0
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-103A
nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958166921001646
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552420300730#sec0001
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veggie_fact_sheet_508.pdf
sciencefocus.com/space/why-the-first-plant-grown-on-the-moon-is-a-significant-milestone-in-space-exploration
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/farmers-could-grow-crops-lunar-and-martian-soil-study-suggests-180973387
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/can-humans-farm-plants-mars-and-moon/588145
degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/opag-2019-0051/html
youtube.com/watch?v=IaFKFCqFIOg&ab_channel=NationalSpaceCentre
directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/chang-e-4
Images:
gettyimages.com
nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
nasa.gov/image-feature/veggies-in-space
nasa.gov/content/plant-habitat-04
nasa.gov/image-feature/growing-veggies-in-space
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salyut_7_paper_model.JPG
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Food_for_Space_Flight.html
nasa.gov/image-feature/retrofuturistic-nasa-space-art
youtube.com/watch?v=ACgTZ01d9O0&ab_channel=NASA
nasa.gov/feature/researchers-put-space-garden-microbes-under-the-microscope
youtube.com/watch?v=H_qPWZbxFl8&ab_channel=NASAJohnson
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChangE-4_-_PCAM.png
nasa.gov/content/veggie-plant-growth-system-activated-on-international-space-station
