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NASA will pay $500,000 to whoever can figure out how to grow fresh food in space – The Takeout

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Being an astronaut sounds really stressful. You have to fly the spacecraft straight so you dont run into space junk, you have to make sure a hostile alien doesnt burst through your torso, and you have to eat all kinds of weird, freeze-dried meals. Turns out those boring space meals take a tollwhich is why NASA is prepared to dish out up to $500,000 for a good idea that might allow astronauts to cultivate and eat fresh food in space during long-term space missions.
UPI reports that NASA and the Canadian…

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