How does a kitchen gardener choose what to grow? It’s about balancing quite a complex set of variables, which include the space and time available, the local climate and soil, the gardener’s skill level and what they like to eat. That last one is, itself, quite a complicated topic as culture plays a significant role. There are many thousands of edible plants on the planet; most people only eat a small number and grow fewer still.
NASA’s Gioia Massa on growing plants on the International Space Station: GotG10
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Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth… and beyond! Emma’s guest on this week’s show is Dr Gioia Massa, a Project Scientist at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, working on the Veggie growing system on the International Space Station. Gioia talks about the challenges of growing plants in space, those blooming space zinnias, and when we might see astronauts eating their first space tomato!
In this week’s show I have been lucky enough to speak to NASA’s Dr Gioia Massa about her work with the Veggie growing system on the International Space Station. Gioia explains about the challenges of growing plants in space, and why adding fresh plants to the astronaut diet is so important. She also tells us about the process of selecting crop varieties to grow in Veggie, which involves school children via the Growing Beyond Earth project.
Gioia also tells us why she chose zinnias to bloom on the space station, and when we might see astronauts munching on space-grown peppers and tomatoes. And she picks a fabulous edible as her Fantasy Space Plant.
Hello and welcome to episode ten of Gardeners of the Galaxy, a podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. I am Emma the Space Gardener, and I will be your host as we explore gardening on Earth… and beyond!
My guest on this week’s show is Dr Gioia Massa, a Project Scientist at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, working on the Veggie growing system on the International Space Station. XXX Interview XXX
0:40 Emma: Hi Gioia, thanks for coming on the show today. Gioia: Thank you for having me. I’m glad to be here. Emma: There are lots of gardeners here on Earth who won’t understand why it’s difficult to grow plants in space. Can you explain a
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