Space Agriculture Industry
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CASC, NASASupplying food to space stations and other long-duration missions is heavy and staggeringly expensive. An astronaut on the International Space Station needs approximately "1.8 kilograms of food and packaging per day." For a long-term mission, such as a four-man crew, a three-year Martian mission, this number can grow to 24,000 pounds (or about 10,886 kg).
Due to the cost of resupply and the impracticality of resupplying interplanetary missions, the prospect of growing food in flight is incredibly attractive. The existence of a space farm would help create a sustainable environment, as plants can be used to recycle wastewater, generate oxygen, continuously purify the air, and recycle feces on the space station or spacecraft. Just 10 m² of crops produce 25% of a person's daily needs, or around 180-210 grams of oxygen. This essentially allows the space farm to turn the spacecraft into an artificial ecosystem with hydrological cycling and nutrient recycling.
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