CosmicQuest
Living in Space

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

One hundred square meters of plants will produce plenty of food—more than enough, in fact! Since there isn't much room aboard your space station, you need to keep the hydroponic garden as small as possible.

Try again! How big should the hydroponic garden be to produce enough food for one astronaut?

100 square meters of crops
10 square meters
10 square meters of crops
50 square meters
50 square meters of crops

 

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