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Galaxy Gardening More Than Hobby For Future Moon, Mars Residents

10-10-2006 · ScienceDaily

Lush lettuce is growing by galactic measure in cylinders designed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers to mimic conditions on the moon and Mars.

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