dufus Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Cotton seeds brought to the far side of the Moon by China's Chang'e-4 lander have sprouted. Cotton seeds on the Moon. Image: Chongqing University Plants are growing on the Moon for the first time in human history. Cotton seeds germinated in a small biosphere carried to the far side of the Moon by China’s lunar lander Chang’e-4, announced mission leads on Tuesday. The Chang’e-4 team released images of the sprouts, which began growing soon after the probe’s landing on January 3. This Moon cotton is growing in soil that contains oilseed rape, potato, and arabidopsis seeds, but those have not visibly germinated yet. Fruit fly eggs were also put in the biosphere, which is protected by a sealed seven-pound canister, but they haven’t hatched (so far as we know as of Tuesday). The achievement marks the first time that any biological matter has been grown on the Moon, though many plants, animals, and cultures have been studied on the International Space Station and previous orbital missions. The mission already made history this month when it became the first lander ever to touch down on the far side of the Moon. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xy58x/plants-are-growing-on-the-moon-for-the-first-time https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2182111/chinese-lunar-landers-cotton-seeds-lead-way-plant-life-germinates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trileaubitetrileaubite Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Holy ! Awesome new ! I didn't know they did that 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky1 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Stone the crows !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufus Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/15/2019 at 9:33 PM, slowdown said: Stone the crows !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe grow weed later to stone astronut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufus Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 That didn't last long: China reveals cotton sprout growing on the moon is already dead less than two weeks after it was planted by the lunar lander https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6599445/That-didnt-long-China-reveals-cotton-sprout-planted-lunar-lander-dead.html need more poop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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