China was able to grow rice in its space station. Problem: what if there's no ... space. We're still working on inflatable habitats. Even tethered to large rocks or lava-caves, pressurised environments cost money.
Del Bianco et al. are researching dwarf crops in microgravity. At least to get started before available space comes online.
We Earthlings want this for efficient bases in the Arctic. Maybe down in caverns. But they seem serious about its space applications because that's Del Bianco's focus.
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