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Habitat
The Space Habitat exhibit provides an exciting glimpse into
the limitless possibilities and daunting challenges of sending
astronauts into space for extended periods of time.
As a visitor to the Space Habitat exhibit, a person gets a
better understanding of the vastness of space. By experiencing
the Space Habitat exhibit, the visitor learns:
- Why we explore space.
- About the constraints, variables, and complexities of
a life-support system for humans.
- How the use of plants is a central component for life-supporting
space habitats.
- Through an engaging film that shows scientists grappling
with the design of a life-support system in space.
- About plant-growth chambers similar to those being developed
for space travel.
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