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Chinese astronauts may grow vegetables on Moon

Beijing, Dec 3: Chinese astronauts may get fresh vegetables and oxygen supplies through gardening at extraterrestrial bases on the Moon in the future, an official said after a just-concluded lab experiment in Beijing.Deng Yibing, deputy

IANS Updated on: December 03, 2012 15:49 IST


The introduction of a CELSS seeks to provide sustainable supplies of air, water and food for astronauts with the help of plants and algae, instead of relying on stocks of such basics deposited on board at the outset of the mission.



Advance forms of CELSS also involve the breeding of animals for meat and using microbes to recycle wastes.

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