NASA will pay $500,000 to whoever can figure out how to grow fresh food in space Junk Food NASA will pay $500,000 to whoever can figure out how to grow fresh food in space Mitchell R. Lajoie February 7, 2021 Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin holds a watermelonPhoto: MAXIM SHIPENKOV / Stringer (Getty Images) Being an astronaut sounds... Read More Read more about NASA will pay $500,000 to whoever can figure out how to grow fresh food in space