21. How would we keep plants from floating away? (A K2S Question)

Many of the plant production systems designed for space habitats have the plant seed set inside a fabric-like material that is attached to the hydroponic system. As the roots grow through the fabric they attach to the fabric and hold the plant firmly in place. NASA Links to explore:(See CDROM) http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/index.html Exobiology Links:(See CDROM) http://exobio.ucsd.edu/other.htm NASA Astrobiology Institute:(See CDROM) http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/index.cfm Earth Sciences:(See CDROM) http://earthsciencesportal.gsfc.nasa.gov/Biospherics/ Controlled environment agriculture and hydroponics:(See CDROM) http://cals.arizona.edu/ceac/ http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/research/SouthPoleChamber/index.htm http://www.bee.cornell.edu/extension/CEA/NASA_research.htm http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/syllabi/315/CEA.html http://www.ces.uoguelph.ca/ http://www.usu.edu/cpl/

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

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