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Ray Wheeler Plant Physiologist NASA Biological Sciences Office Kennedy Space Center, FL: 

Ray Wheeler Plant Physiologist NASA Biological Sciences Office Kennedy Space Center, FL

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Plants for Life Support

What Plants Should We Consider ? : 

What Plants Should We Consider ? Salad crops for early missions to supplement the meals (lettuce, radish, onion, tomato, pepper, strawberry) Staple crops for ater missions to provide more complete life support (wheat, potato, soybean, sweetpotato, rice)

Watering Plants in Weightlessness is a Challenge !: 

Watering Plants in Weightlessness is a Challenge ! Porous Ceramic Tubes to Contain the Water

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Innovative Approaches, such as Growing Plants with LEDs Red...photosynthesis Blue...photomorphogenesis Green...human vision

All of these Ideas and Concepts Need Testing Prior to the Mission : 

All of these Ideas and Concepts Need Testing Prior to the Mission

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Getting Started on the Shuttle and Intl. Space Station Russian Plant Chamber on Mir BPS Chamber on Space Station BioServe Plant Chamber on Shuttle

Deployable Greenhouse Concepts for the Moon and Mars: 

Deployable Greenhouse Concepts for the Moon and Mars

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Copyright Sadler Machine Co. 9/10/99 Human Habitat Inflatable Greenhouses for the Lunar or Martian Surface ? Composting Facility What about dust storms on Mars !?

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Buried Plant Chambers Protected From Radiation Or Perhaps Buried Plant Chamber with Solar Collectors

Russian Cosmonaut Enjoying Fresh Salad on the International Space Station: 

Russian Cosmonaut Enjoying Fresh Salad on the International Space Station Mizuna Plants (Chinese Cabbage)

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Engineering Design Challenge www.nasa.gov Design and submit your lunar plant growth chamber to your local Challenger Learning Center by Nov. 30, 2007 to receive basil seeds that have flown in space. For resources and information supporting the NASA Engineering Design Challenge visit: http://www.challenger.org/clc/engdesign.cfm www.challenger.org Today’s Guest: Dr. Ray Wheeler, NASA Kennedy Space Center