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hi my name is Ralph Ritchie and I'm the

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space crop production project manager

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with Kennedy Space Center's exploration

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research and Technology programs as our

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nation commits itself to returning to

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the moon and heading on to Mars it's

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exciting to know that here at the

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Kennedy Space Center we are fortunate to

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be able to play such an important part

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in this great adventure in addition to

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assembling and launching the vehicles

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and hardware that will get us there we

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in the space crop production group are

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working to provide future crews with the

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fresh supplemental nutrition needed to

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ensure their health and performance

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along the way aside from supplying

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nutrition and variety to the diet crop

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plants will also enable crews to bring

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with them something familiar from home

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and that way they will be much like the

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early ocean explorers who set out to

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discover and settle new worlds here on

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earth it's important to realize that the

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work we are doing today only represents

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the beginning of our exploration

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activities for as we continue to explore

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we will eventually establish greenhouses

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and gardens as part of the permanent

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presence on the Moon and Mars it'll be

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the young people we inspire today who