China is growing cotton on the moon

[F250 28781]

"Cotton seeds carried to the moon by a Chinese probe have sprouted, marking what could be the first plant to ever grow there, according to Chinese government images.

In making the announcement Tuesday, Chinese researchers released pictures from the probe showing the tiny plant growing in a small pot inside the spacecraft, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the Earth."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/asia/china-moon-cotton-intl/index.html

 

[Trey3216 15347]

Imagine when they start growing moon shrooms 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by Trey3216

[thrillhammer 684]

Just wait until they get on your anus.

[Jerry Callo 8704]

Race to develop the world's most expensive cotton ball has been won.

[Amos Moses 795]

Way out yonder in the land of space cotton

Old times there are not forgotten

I make joke, I make joke, I make joke

Pee in your coke

[RomaVicta 29929]

In the book and movie, The Martian, doesn't the narrator state that growing something in a new land makes that place officially a settlement? Does a person have to be present to make that so if it even is so?

Hmmmmmmm. 

[RPM 26322]

Not sure growing a plant inside a spacecraft and growing a plant on the surface like in The Martian are the same thing, landmark wise.

[Telegraph_it 3357]

Unless it is a potato, I do not care. 

[BottleRocket 647]

They better not plant that fucking kudzu on the moon.

[RPM 26322]

4 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Unless it is a potato weed, I do not care. 

fify

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

A rat done bit my sister Nell today and Chiney on the moon. 

[phdhorn 6224]

Anyone know if the Moon is a slave state or a free state?

[Trey3216 15347]

1 minute ago, phdhorn said:

Anyone know if the Moon is a slave state or a free state?

The Great Leap Moonward?  

[Wally Fairway 5559]

But did they plant a flag on the moon?
Because otherwise that bitch is still ours!

[phdhorn 6224]

5 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

The Great Leap Moonward?  

Apparently 6X farther than Mao's first attempt.  If only he had been able...

[woohorn 1131]

Cotton is an odd choice. It will be pretty obvious when they pee in it.

Why not rice?

[RomaVicta 29929]

13 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Anyone know if the Moon is a slave state or a free state?

We'll have to make a misery compromise.

[BottleRocket 647]

14 minutes ago, woohorn said:

Cotton is an odd choice. It will be pretty obvious when they pee in it.

Why not rice?

Smart move to put pressure on trade talks with US.  China is the number world importer of cotton.  Brilliant move. 

[El Diablo 4232]

Chinese farmers on the moon. Is there an aggy slant to this?

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

Chinese farmers on the moon. Is there an aggy slant to this?

on the dark side...

 

(you said slant)

[Js1 85413]

48 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Unless it is a potato, I do not care. 

A potato fertilized by Matt Damon's shit.

[Trey3216 15347]

33 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Apparently 6X farther than Mao's first attempt.  If only he had been able...

If you stack all the dead end to end that Mao killed, we probably get there 

[crash_davis 23113]

somewhat cool but whats the difference between growing it on a spaceship there or growing on a spaceship orbiting earth which i believe we've already done with other seeds.  it's still grown in an artificial climate of a motherfucking spaceship.

[woohorn 1131]

They are testing the effects of the moon's reduced gravity on insects and seeds.

 

(You know how "sciencey" those people always are)

[SDG 3319]

The moon is so last century; we’re on to mars now.  

[crash_davis 23113]

learn me on this.  how different is the gravity from orbiting the earth to that of the moon?  

[Armybrat 40851]

Surly you jest?

[El Diablo 4232]

Is it growing sideways?

[Lhorn 4915]

Seems like they could focus on something more useful like seeing if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws. 

[Kyle 207]

3 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Seems like they could focus on something more useful like seeing if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws. 

Agreed. But in fairness, our Idiocracy is losing its mind about fast food, so I still think they win.

[El Diablo 4232]

If this leads to cheaper 20 pair per bundle socks at the flea market, I'm all for it.

[phdhorn 6224]

1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

If you stack all the dead end to end that Mao killed, we probably get there 

Probably not.  Chinese are pretty short.

[RDCanecutter 26452]

If I died in Fujian Province, Would it make the evening news?
They too busy blowin' rockets, Growin' cotton on the moon
 

[woohorn 1131]

learn me on this.  how different is the gravity from orbiting the earth to that of the moon?  

No one really knows because our moon "landing" was faked, but Hollywood thinks you could bounce around like tigger and weigh less.

But moon's gravity is still too strong for Kyler Murray to even sniff 5'10".

[52-80 19163]

1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

But did they plant a flag on the moon?
Because otherwise that bitch is still ours!

That flag was probably made in Shenzhen tho

[CooterBrown 18014]

After reading about this earlier today, I learned the daily surface temperature on the moon ranges from -200 to 200 degrees F.

[ztejas 43476]

1 hour ago, Lhorn said:

Seems like they could focus on something more useful like seeing if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws. 

They'll CLOG THE INSTRUMENTS!

[Player 4575]

Probably not.  Chinese are pretty short.

Yeah, but soon they’ll be shitting in high cotton.

[Sbbruin 21861]

[F250 28781]

It's dead, Jim. Something I just learned, a lunar night is equivalent to two earth weeks.

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/chinas-moon-lander-sprouted-a-plant-but-now-its-dead/

[Trey3216 15347]

2 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Probably not.  Chinese are pretty short.

Yeah, we’d have to combine Mao, Stalin and Hitler to get there.   But that’s it!!

[Humpy 112]

Who are they going to send  to pick this cotton?

[ROFL BOX 6649]

4 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Is it growing sideways?

That's SPACIST!

[RPM 26322]

7 hours ago, F250 said:

It's dead, Jim. Something I just learned, a lunar night is equivalent to two earth weeks.

Lunar Kush is gonna be amazing. I'll take an oz of Apollo 11, please. No, wait... make that Sea of Tranquility.

Edited January 16, 2019 by RPM

[XYZ 2154]

11 hours ago, crash_davis said:

learn me on this.  how different is the gravity from orbiting the earth to that of the moon?  

Poop.

Edited January 16, 2019 by XYZ

[Prepuce of Doom 21079]

14 hours ago, woohorn said:

They are testing the effects of the moon's reduced gravity on insects and seeds.

Moon crickets? 

[jeevsie 3734]

That's no moon.

[El Diablo 4232]

 

[Underdog 28711]

Cotton Comes to Moon, starring Jackie Chan.  

[El Diablo 4232]

Cotton got his shins blowed off by the Japs and then at age 75 fathered a son whom he also named Hank. I don't think the Chinese realize what they're messing with, the Cotton seed is a volatile thing.