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Food in Space
S1) "StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson - KRISTEN SCHAAL & JOHN HODGMAN:
Astronaut Session." YouTube. YouTube, 1 Nov. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.
Online video of a live event in Brooklyn, NY.
L1) astronaut Mike Massimino- discussed his time in space and food.
Q1) How do we eat in space and how can we live in space?
Q2)Food Hazards in space?

Living in Space/Sustainable Food Source

S2) Letzter, Rafi. "MIT Students Claim Astronauts Will Starve On 'Mars One' Mission." Popular
Science. 11 Oct. 2014. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
Online science news article, Rafi Letzter
Q3) Are we ready for space colonies in terms of sustainability?
L2) This article led me to the paper it was written about and to Mars One which refuted the
claims made by the paper.
S3) Do, Sydney, Koki Ho, Samuel Schreiner, Andrew Owens, and Olivier De Weck. AN
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE MARS ONE
MISSION PLAN (2014): 1-35. Web.mit.edu. Web.
Online Journal, SydneyDo
L3) Wow, space sustainability is crazy complicated but we seem to have a good handle on what
is required.
Q4) Can we maintain the resouces needed to sustain plant life in an non terrestrial environment
in a way safe for humans?
S4) Fecht, Sarah. "Crops Grow On Fake Moon And Mars Soil." Popular Science. 09 Sept. 2014.
Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
Online science article, Sarah Fecht
Successful experiments involving mars and moon soil simulant. Not exact copy but close copy of
soil found on Mars and Moon.

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L4) We can potential grow our food on other planets

S5) Hirsch, Jesse. "Space Farming: The Final Frontier - Modern Farmer." Modern Farmer. 10
Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
Online news article, Jesse Hirsch
Discussion of current initiatives to grow food in space such as VEGGIE and other past
experiments such as growing zucchini in space.
L5) In terms of food sustainability in space the best current option is to grow it with NASA
estimating it costing around 10,000 dollars per pound to send food to space.