[HN Gopher] Taking Plants Off Planet
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       Taking Plants Off Planet
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-04-04 11:38 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | Melatonic wrote:
       | Very interesting - I know NASA has also been studying using
       | plants for air filtration in space (many are especially good at
       | filtering out certain gasses like Toulene or Benzene and
       | whatnot). Plus of course they produce oxygen and give a
       | psychological benefit to the astronauts up there.
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       | I always thought it was mind blowing that there are some trees
       | where you can let them grow to a certain size, completely dig
       | them out, flip them upside down, and then the roots will start
       | growing leaves. Plants are amazingly adaptable and robust.
        
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