Shenzhou-11 commander Jing Haipeng 'walks' silk worms brought to Tiangong-2 for an experiment designed by Hong Kong school girls.
Posted on 01/18/2019 4:48:35 PM PST by LouieFisk
I wonder what effect .16G might’ve had on the sprouts’ development?
In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.
You’d think it would make it easier for them to grow if they don’t have to fight the Gs very much.
“In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.”
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Or pass gas.
Thanks.
There would also be the problem of Sunlight shining on the plants without an atmosphere to act as a filter.
I don’t think that would turn out well, but some tinted windows might help. There’s other rays that would probably kill the plants anyway.
Small defenseless organisms perish in chinese lunar gulag.
Yup, unless it’s filtered down the Sun’s and other rays would likely make it like trying to grow in a microwave.
Radish sprouts. They knew that. Or daikkon.
Next thing you know we will have a “Green Slime” problem.
I think that’s on YouTube.
Ha! The very first thing I thought when I read the headline!
I could have personally saved them some effort on that one.
“Something was going right for them to sprout.”
Only moisture is necessary for a seed to sprout, no soil required.
I don’t undestand the cotton plants.
The potatoes and yeast made sense though!
Boy a still would be easy on the Moon: vat in the sun, radiator in the shade.
Heck, the moon would be a fantastic place for a chemical factory, if there were aby chemicals.
Smile...
Thank you. I mentioned hydroponics up thread, and intended to make that point.
I appreciate the reminder.
On the light side, no one will hear your worm either.
“The potatoes and yeast made sense though!”
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Russia should have been the first with the Lunar potato attempt. Only appropriate,y’know.
I don’t know,from what I read, all they did was land a sealed container with seeds and claimed they sprouted.........Nothing about actually planting on the planet........
They did not send some of their Zimbabwean friends along to tend the crops.
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