Beans could be grown in space 2021, Astronauts dream to eat fresh food comes true

After successful cultivation of red romaine lettuce (a leaf vegetable) in 2015 , now according to research conducted at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) it is possible to grow beans with help of High-tech planters developed by them.

these special planters are capable of regulating all the essential nutrients,gas and air the plants needs. Gravity will be simulated by help of centrifuge which is also capable of regulating gravity.

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology researchers are know collaborating with some other foreign researchers of French and Italian origin to cultivate plant based food for long interplanetary travels.

It is fascinating to know that the longest stays in International Space Station ever is just six months

and for travelling to Mars it will require at least a year, just double!!

So we know that with limited supplies from our earth will not be able to help us as more weight will fill the useful space of spacecraft which could have been used for other purposes.

Different Space agencies have mission plans of there own. NASA have a direct Mars mission from earth with target landing date of 2030.

while European Space Agency is planning to build lunar based space station as a stopover for mission towards Mars in 2030.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that plant have a special mechanism that helps them to optimize level of nitrogen content by absorbing more water.

Researchers claims that they have done all simulation that can be done on earth.

Now there next steps is to grow beans in International Space Station to observe the reaction of plants to no gravity and ability of roots to transport water and nitrogen to all parts of the plant in right amount.

These beans will be grown in International Space Station in centrifuge which can create different amount of gravity when rotated.

May be in future we could able to see astronauts growing all kind of plants in there Spaceship and enjoying fresh food like we watched in the movie "Passenger".

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