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Asked by bluebestie021 to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Maddison, Omur on 14 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by Sammy, Ami_awesome, libs:), Shiv.
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Maddison Coke answered on 14 Mar 2016:
They currently do grown plants in space. They do this for food but also to help with keeping up the oxygen supplies on the spacecraft. They are still in early stages and dont depend on them just yet, but they grow them in pressurized sections of the space craft.
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Omur Tastan answered on 14 Mar 2016:
yes, they do! Amazing right! I saw a video on youtube where astronouts eat space grown lettuce. Here check it out! http://youtu.be/D_723qwjULM
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Hayley Moulding answered on 14 Mar 2016:
Yes they do. It is pretty amazing. Growing plants in space means that we can maybe have a food supply up there too! That would be really really cool. There needs to be enough carbon dioxide though, and without having a spacecraft, we wouldn’t have enough. Imagine if we found a way of growing plants without carbon dioxide in the future – it might be an amazing way to keep plants growing. What if we could use space itself to grow plants on planets? I am just dreaming now, but you never know one day… a mini atmosphere on other planets!?
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Jimi Wills answered on 15 Mar 2016:
if you have everything the plant needs…
air – including carbon dioxide (you might need an animal to make some)
heat
light
a night-day cycle
water
soil – or something else with all the nutrients they need
Comments
Sammy commented on :
I though there would be no plants on other planets because plants need Earth to grow on.
Jimi commented on :
yes, not on other planets… but people grow them on the ISS
Resh@science commented on :
Wow omur I watched the video and really looked like the Astronauts thought it was tasty!!