06. Why would people want to live in space without being able to grow their own food? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Jump to: navigation, search

Growing plants, especially in space, takes a lot of time, effort and resources. If there is another option for producing food, water and air, many astronauts may choose not to grow plants while living in space. This would give them more time to explore and conduct experiments.

Answer provided by Gregory Schlick


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer


Buy This Book Click here

Retrieved from "http://www.thespacelibrary.com/mediawiki/index.php/06._Why_would_people_want_to_live_in_space_without_being_able_to_grow_their_own_food%3F_%28A_K2S_Question%29"