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December 04, 2012

Chinese astronauts may grow veg on Moon
Beijing (XNA) Dec 04, 2012
Chinese astronauts may get fresh vegetables and oxygen supplies by gardening in extraterrestrial bases in the future, an official said after a just-concluded lab experiment in Beijing. Deng Yibing, deputy director of the Beijing-based Chinese Astronaut Research and Training Center, said that the experiment focused on a dynamic balanced mechanism of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water between people and plants in a closed system. According to Deng, a cabin of 300 cubic meters was established to ... read more

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