Crop Production In Support Of Exploration
The History of Food and Exploration, an Overview of the History of Space Food Systems, the Vision of Space Crop Production and its Role in Exploration, an Overview of Challenges and Knowledge Gaps with Reference to Recent Flight Testing on the International Space Station, Crop Production Challenges Beyond Low Earth Orbit including the Lunar Operations, the Transit Mission to Mars and Mars Surface Operations.
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