Important Step forward for Manned Space Flight

ISS_Lettuce3Today on the International Space Station the crew had the opportunity to eat Lettuce that had been grow on the station.

While they have grown vegetables before on the station this was the first time they actually were able to harvest and eat them, previous tests had been returned to Earth for testing.

As we move further away from Earth it becomes more expensive to bring resources to the crews.  Now that we have demonstrated that we can grow vegetables in space some of the cargo can be seeds and other materials that will produce much greater quantities of food.  Another important factor is the physiological impact on the crew where until now they have been fully reliant on supplies from Earth.

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