14. If we could cultivate plants in space, would we be able to produce our own oxygen supply? (A K2S Question)

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Yes. Plants offer us a method of revitalizing the air. The plants will utilize the carbon dioxide that the humans produce and convert that back to oxygen for human reuse. In an area of about 53.8 square feet (about the size of a dining room table), we could convert all the C02 and produce all of the O2 necessary to keep a single astronaut alive indefinitely.

Answer provided by Gregory Schlick


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