CosmicQuest

Living in Space


Your space station

You need to be self-sufficient in: Food
Instrument panel

50 square meters of foodGood answer! About 50 square meters of crops can produce enough food to support one astronaut. A crew of three would need 150 square meters of hydroponic gardens&emdash;enough to fill a 3-bedroom house! Fortunately, those same plants will also recycle oxygen for astronauts to breathe.

What you eat is almost as important as how much you eat. What would be some good crops for your hydroponic garden?

Pick the best four!


Tobacco

Wheat

Tomatoes

Radishes

Soybeans

Avocado

Potatoes

Tobacco

Wheat

Tomato

Radish

Soybean

Avocado

Potato

 When you think you have selected the best four, go on to the next stage.

 

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