Scientists just grew plants in soil from the moon, but Antarctica has long given researchers a perfect place to test ag techniques for a future in space.
The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter. Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA
Growing plants in AntarcticaThe earliest efforts to grow plants in Antarctica were primarily focused on providing nutrition to explorers. The only way to successfully grow food in the cold environment of Antarctica is inside a greenhouse, like this one at McMurdo Station. Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA Antarctica as an analog for spaceAs permanent human occupation of Antarctica grew through the middle of the 20th century, humanity also began its push into space — and specifically, to the Moon. Starting in the 1960s, scientists working for organizations like NASA began thinking of the hostile, extreme and alien Antarctic as a convenient analog for space exploration, where nations could test space technologies and protocols, including plant production.
Growing plants in spaceAs people began spending longer times in space toward the end of the 20th century, astronauts began putting to use the lessons from a century of growing plants in Antarctica.
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