Gene Giacomelli brought his research group’s Lunar Greenhouse to the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) 2013 Convention at McCormick Place in Chicago. Built in Arizona, this greenhouse can be set up underground on the Moon or Mars to grow food, cycle nutrients, and produce oxygen. It can produce one salad per day and also provide a place for astronauts to de-stress. One is currently being used by the scientists who live in Antarctica to grow fresh veggies! Frank also got to go inside to take a look.
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Very cool. Are Lunar Greenhouse in anyway involved with the Mars One project? (http://mars-one.com/en/about-mars-one/about-mars-one) Did Gene express any opinion on the project?