Extended space travel and stays on the moon will require humans to produce food, materials and medicine in space. Marshall Porterfield, professor of biological engineering and space biophysics at Purdue University, believes fungi could be grown in space to recycle the waste of astronauts into valuable resources.
Extended space travel and stays on the moon will require humans to produce food, materials and medicine in space. Marshall Porterfield, professor of biological engineering and space biophysics at Purdue University, believes fungi could be grown in space to recycle the waste of astronauts into valuable resources.
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