NASA uses the LED lamp species of vegetables in the future space farm fear come true

Foreign media reports, NASA will begin in December trying to plant vegetables in orbit. The first batch of vegetables will be 6 ordinary lettuce, the use of pink LED lamp as a light source, is expected to be able to grow within a month to the extent of harvest.

After the experiment, NASA was convinced that the zero gravity environment did not affect the growth of vegetables. But another problem, that is, the growth process may be generated by the universe has not yet been resolved, so the lettuce will be eaten by the astronauts before the full inspection. If the results of this experiment are normal, the experiment could be expanded to provide long-term food supply to the space station. This is the first step towards the establishment of a self-sufficient space station, but also the way to save the transportation cost of NASA in accordance with the current technical conditions of Torgovnik, carrying 500 grams of food to the space station costs about $10000,

"Macross" series of large agricultural boats in the animation, this is the goal of NASA mody!