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so much about the shuttle program is

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spectacular launches two spacewalks that

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it's easy to overlook the mundane though

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they seem Herculeah nat times astronauts

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in space are still bound by basic human

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needs fresh air clean water and

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nutritious fill my today bringing

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necessary supplies from Earth hasn't

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been a problem since the longest shuttle

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flight was ten days but now NASA is

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looking towards longer duration missions

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including a permanent orbiting station

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lunar base and trip to Mars where the

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costs of hauling all life's essentials

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would be prohibitive seeking

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alternatives scientists at the Kennedy

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Space Center are working to develop a

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control deck illogical life-support

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system ourselves where plants recycle

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air water and waste to produce food

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their effort is currently centered in an

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old pressure vessel salvaged from the

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it's called the biomass production

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chamber and in at KSC researchers are

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producing their first pilgrims every

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workers tend the small farm taking

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measurements and ensuring that

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everything is functioning properly the

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wheat is grown in an enriched

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water-based solution a process called

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hydroponics which eliminates the need to

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carry heavy potentially contaminating

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soil hydroponics offers another

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advantage as well according to the head

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of the project build not it's very easy

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to very quickly control exactly what the

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roots are seen computers are used to

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adjust the contents of the nutrient

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solution as well as atmospheric

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conditions in the chamber growing plants

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is only the first step in creating a

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complete life support system food

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processing crew habitation and waste

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management modules must all be developed

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that is our big challenge to really put

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it together and operate it as a system

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so that we can ultimately influence what

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happens in space in long period of time

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at Disney's Epcot Center near Orlando

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there's a pavilion called the land

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showcasing future agricultural

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technologies certainly growing plants in

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space is futuristic which is why there's

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a display featuring the research going

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on at Kennedy but ANBU sugar epcot

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senior plant pathologist is not just

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part of the exhibit he's investigating

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move diseases in hydroponic systems

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keeping the plants healthy is a critical

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concern and developing a life support

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system for astronauts thousands of miles

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for NASA Disney scientists also looking

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into the possibility of growing plants

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in lunar soil using earthly mineral

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deposit similar to those found on the

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moon they're trying to determine if

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lunar farms might be another alternative

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to resupply from Earth everything is

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open everything is possible and I think

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the more information we have on on

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different types of systems in the way to

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do things the better well we are and

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more intelligently we can make decisions

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to meet the specific mission

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requirements as they evolve lunar farms

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and control deck

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gical life support systems work aimed at