How astronauts can get a taste of steak in space

To send people to deep space and on extended trips to other planets, we first need to figure out how to feed astronauts. Shipments from Earth won’t arrive for two years at a time -- so that means learning to grow food instead of just freeze-dried meals. The Verge’s Loren Grush heads to NASA's Kennedy Space Center where researchers are figuring out the best way to grow plants in space and on other worlds. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl https://ift.tt/2xIQiZE The Verge September 21, 2018 at 09:41AM