Cotton seeds sprout on the far side of the Moon

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Cotton seeds planted on the far side of the Moon sprout for the first time, in what researchers hope will help determine its potential to support future space travellers.

 

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Wish I could get seeds to sprout that quickly in my garden.

Send greens and abc sbs there to live

It is a trivial and scientifically redundant exercise as they are in a completely artificial environment and not subject to any variables that have not been tested before on the ISS etc. Propaganda

I have patented 'MOONSHADOW' cotton hehe!!!

Perhaps this is the answer to the Murray Darling problem? 🙂

Wtf?

No doubt they are doing it to make a land claim ... 'historical rights'

Cotton has destroyed outback NSW now it's growing on the Moon.

The t-shirts are gonna cost a fortune.

Another Chinese business growing cotton where there's insufficient water, eh?

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