China is growing cotton on the moon

[Trey3216 15350]

19 hours ago, F250 said:

"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

 

Folks are slippin...

[Ten Bears 2481]

21 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

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

Marysan had a baby and he looked just like I did 

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

On 1/15/2019 at 3:39 PM, El Diablo said:

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

Don’t say slant.

[crash_davis 23114]

and the plants are dead...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6599445/That-didnt-long-China-reveals-cotton-sprout-planted-lunar-lander-dead.html

 

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Just one day after revealing its Chang’e-4 lander had successfully started growing plants on the moon in a first-ever milestone, China now says its lunar cotton seedling is as good as dead.

The state-run publication Xinhua News says the groundbreaking experiment has ended with the onset of a two-week-long lunar night following its short-lived stint inside a specially-designed biosphere habitat.

The dying plants will eventually decompose inside the canister, where they will not pose any threats to the lunar environment, according to the China National Space Administration.

 

[BrickHorn 18255]

On 1/15/2019 at 2:20 PM, F250 said:

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."

Man, that’s some high cotton.

[phdhorn 6224]

3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

and the plants are dead...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6599445/That-didnt-long-China-reveals-cotton-sprout-planted-lunar-lander-dead.html

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Just one day after revealing its Chang’e-4 lander had successfully started growing plants on the moon in a first-ever milestone, China now says its lunar cotton seedling is as good as dead.

The state-run publication Xinhua News says the groundbreaking experiment has ended with the onset of a two-week-long lunar night following its short-lived stint inside a specially-designed biosphere habitat.

The dying plants will eventually decompose inside the canister, where they will not po

 

They just couldn't cotton to it, I guess.

Edited January 17, 2019 by phdhorn