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First green leaf on moon dies as temperatures plummet
The appearance of a single green leaf hinted at a future in which astronauts would grow their own food in space, potentially setting up residence at outposts on the moon or other planets. Now, barely after it had sprouted, the cotton plant onboard China’s lunar rover has died.
The plant relied on sunlight at the moon’s surface, but as night arrived at the lunar far side and temperatures plunged as low as -170C, its short life came to an end.
Prof Xie Gengxin of Chongqing University, who led the design of the experiment, said its short lifespan had been anticipated. “Life in the canister would not survive the lunar night,” Xie said.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @01:57PM (6 children)
it's a shame nobody in the entire chinese space agency didn't think about this.
you should have signed off with your name, I'm sure you'd be overwhelmed with job offers.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday January 18 2019, @02:49PM (1 child)
So evidently we in the west know about this, will the chinese people know about this?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @05:51PM
The only way Chinese people will know about that post is if they can read English.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday January 18 2019, @06:36PM (3 children)
It's a shame that so many folks on this site hate/misunderstand science as evidence by this thread. I thought we were supposed to be a bunch of nerds....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @09:55PM
Some of us, evidently, are racists. ChiComs, doncha know!
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday January 19 2019, @05:19AM
The only science I know is from Trump tweets!
Mmmmmmm, hungry....gonna get me a hamberder.
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(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday January 19 2019, @04:06PM
Oh really now? Care to explain the "science" behind the inclusion of the silk worms in this experiment then? PR stunts masquerading as science are what I don't like. There may well be some legitimate experiments buried beneath it, but still, the way the whole thing is presented is sloppy and anti-science.
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