Space agriculture boldly grows food where no one has grown before

By Ajwal Dsouza, PhD Student, Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
Thomas Graham, Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

Whether to spend money on outer space exploration or to apply it to solve serious problems on Earth, like climate change and food shortages, is a contentious debate. But one argument in favour of space exploration highlights benefits that do, in fact, help study, monitor and address serious concerns like climate change and food production.

As access to space increases, the potential for terrestrial benefits directly tied to space exploration grow exponentially.

For example, agriculture has been improved significantly through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial…

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