According to a nifty
Wired.com blog article, NASA scientists put forward the idea this week of launching plants to the moon and watching their growth carefully, as a way of studying the potential effects of long-term habitation (
low gravity,
radiation, etc.).
The brave plant suggested for the job is Arabidopsis thaliana, part of the mustard family:
Moon colonist?Check out the linked article for a full rundown of thaliana's moon-faring resume.
Interesting things could potentially happen when you mix plants and lunar radiation/soil/etc., but regardless, this is an idea that is a potential wonder of effectiveness through simplicity.
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