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Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Indoor farming update

Chang'e-8, set for a 2028 launch, includes a lander, rover, and lunar robot. It will study the moon's geology, earth, analyze lunar samples, and experiment with closed terrestrial ecosystems. With Chang'e-7, it’ll establish a basic lunar research station.

https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/ … 1177160896

Interstellar Lab seems to be a company which named its product 'biopod'

https://www.3ds.com/newsroom/press-rele … e-platform

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Re: Indoor farming update

Lunar Farms inside the moon lava tubes, a solution to the harsh lunar environment. The farms would utilize natural protection against radiation and meteorites, and incorporate advanced technologies for light, energy and resource management.

https://m.weibo.cn/status/4972706080492953

Online translation

'the lunar lava pipeline is located deep underground, and the thick lunar soil and lunar rock can effectively resist external radiation'

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tahanson43206

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Re: Indoor farming update

This is a follow up to Post #152 by Mars_B4_Moon ...

I had fallen behind news of discovery of lava tubes inside the Moon ... I asked Google for help, and it came up with numerous links ...

Sixteen such collapsed pits over lunar lava tubes are known; the first was discovered by the Japanese SELENE mission in 2009. Most are in the lunar maria, the dark regions you can see by eye that are lava-flooded plains, and all are in areas known to have once been volcanic.

Jul 29, 2022

Bad Astronomy | Lunar lava tubes may be great places for a base
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Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Indoor farming update

That is interesting, I too did not know there were so many Lava Tube discovery reported in the news.

Staying on the topic of farms

Global Indoor Farming Market Size Worth USD 45.23 Billion in 2032
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-i … 00939.html

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tahanson43206

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Re: Indoor farming update

In a topic about Vertical Farming, Calliban reported work done by a company founded by Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon.

It appears that genetic modification of selected plants can allow them to grow using energy from the nutrient solution in which they are grown, instead of using photosynthesis. 

It seems possible that kits might become available at some point, for home experimenters to try growing crops using this technique.

The primary advantage would appear to be reduction of expense for LED lighting.

I'm hoping NewMars members will investigate to see if a home grow kit may become available.

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