Could we grow our foods in the heavens rather than on the earth?

In order to do serious exploration and colonization of space, we will need a source of food beyond Earth. But can we go beyond simply small hydroponic gardens to entire vast space farms in orbit of our planet, and could those farming on satellites and space stations eventually replace earth-based agriculture as our main food source at home?

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Upward Bound: Space Farming

Episode 148, Season 4 E34

Writers

Isaac Arthur

Editors

A.T. Long

Darius Said

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Matthew Acker

Sigmund Kopperud

Producer

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team

Ariesticnig

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Katie Byrne

Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com

Kristijan Tavcar

LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Mihail Yordanov

Sam McNamara

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator

Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:

Luca DeRosa - [email protected]

Music:

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com

Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic

Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com

A.J. Prasad, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/