Move Over, Mars: We Could Farm on Asteroids!

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When people live throughout the solar system, we'll need some way to feed them that doesn't involve constant shipments of Earth-grown food. Will the asteroid belt be our new cosmic food court?

Host: Caitlin Hofmeister

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