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hello I'm NASA Kennedy's Greg Clements

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taking you inside for this new ideas

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were flowing at the KSC kickstart this

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is an annual competition that gives

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employees the chance to offer up their

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innovative proposals to be analyzed by a

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panel of senior leaders judges

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considered criteria such as

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innovativeness relevance and impact the

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Kennedy Space Center likelihood of

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success value and sustainability the

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kickstart allows teams that show off

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their technologies and the winners get

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help of funding to continue developing

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top rated projects Space Station

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astronauts enjoyed a harvest day

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recently cutting three varieties of

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leafy greens from the veggie grove

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chamber aboard the orbiting laboratory

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they also installed hardware for the

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next generation of plant research known

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as the advanced plant habitat both have

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roots here at Kennedy this research is

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important as the agency makes plans for

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future missions into deep space

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astronauts get a nutritional boost as

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well as the psychological benefit of

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caring for growing plants and remember

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spaceport magazine digs deeper inside