China News Agency, Beijing, February 17th (Guo Chaokai, Liu Chang, Li Honggen) 75 days after returning to the ground, the crew of Shenzhou 14 officially met with the media and the public for the first time in Beijing Aerospace City on the 17th.

Talking about growing vegetables in space, Shenzhou 14 astronaut Cai Xuzhe said that the vegetables in space have no pollution and "delicious taste".

The picture shows astronaut Cai Xuzhe.

Photo by Yang Jia

　　At the meeting, Cai Xuzhe shared his interesting experience of growing vegetables in space: "There are still some differences between growing vegetables in space and on the ground. I think the biggest difference is that watering is more difficult. There is no gravity in space. In a weightless environment, Water can only stay on the surface of the root system, and it is not easy to penetrate deep into the root system.” In addition, when growing vegetables in space, there is only the influence of light in the cabin, no sunlight, and no sufficient sunlight on the ground. It is even more difficult for plants that like light to grow. .

　　Talking about the taste of space vegetables, Cai Xuzhe said, "I think they taste delicious", because they have not been polluted in the space station, and the water used for watering is also regenerated in space and passed the test.

It is a blessing and a blessing to be able to eat vegetables grown in space.

　　It is reported that the recovery period of the Shenzhou 14 crew after returning from normal flight is mainly divided into three stages: isolation recovery stage, recuperation recovery stage, and recovery observation stage.

Up to now, the crew has completed the first two stages of work.

　　"As far as the current situation is concerned, the three of us are all recovering well." Cai Xuzhe said that in the future, while they are evaluating and evaluating various physical indicators, they will carry out various training tasks such as physical, technical, and psychological according to the plan.

　　"After six months of mission testing, I not only have greater confidence and expectations in myself, but also in China's manned spaceflight." Cai Xuzhe said.

　　He said that the only thing to do now is to adjust the state, calm down, carefully summarize the experience of this flight mission, put into the follow-up training in the best state, and look forward to going out again and flying deeper and farther into space.

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