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Lunar Vegetable Growth Chamber

 
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Lunar Greenhouse
Cross-sectional view of Lunar Inflatable Greenhouses and fiber optic light concentrators.
A future Lunar Base, to escape micro-meteorite bombardment and space radiation, would need to be buried by a meter of Lunar regolith (lunar soil).
NASA supported effort at University of Arizona’s ERL (Environmental Research Laboratory) that utilized a Himawari (LaForet Engineering) light concentrator


Light Concentrator
Himawari ( fiber optic light concentrator)
   
Growth chamber
Growth chamber and plants located in the basement below the fiber optic light concentrator (Himawari).
Lettuce plants in side of the growth chamber located in the basement below the fiber optic light concentrator (Himawari).
   
       
       
 
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