The Future of Farming in Space

Bloomberg Markets Friday 12 June 2026, 17:34 UTC 1 min read

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Jun 12th, 2026 The Future of Farming in Space Interstellar Lab founder Barbara Belvisi joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why SpaceX’s IPO could reshape the space economy. She reveals how greenhouse technology designed for Mars is already generating revenue on Earth, and why future space farms will do far more than grow food, serving as complete life-support systems that produce oxygen, recycle water, and enable long-term human habitation on the Moon and Mars.

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