07. How would we grow fruits and vegetables? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

We would use all resources available to us to grow fruits and vegetables. Most likely some form of hydroponics would be utilized. Hydroponics refers to the technique of growing plants without soil, usually in water with all the nutrients dissolved into it. However, if we were building a habitat on Mars, we would grow the plants in the Martian regoliths, inside growth chambers. In a space station, we would need to choose a hydroponic system that would keep the water and nutrients confined to the root zone.

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Answer provided by Gregory Schlick

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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