Space agriculture (IMAGE)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Space agriculture

Caption

Having developed a suite of technologies for better growing food on Earth — including Flex-Ro, an autonomous planter that can already seed a 5-acre field on its own — a Nebraska team is now looking to apply its agricultural expertise in space.

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Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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