China hopes to be growing potatoes on the moon ‘within 100 days’

ATS ^ | 16JAN19 | Editorial staff

[vannrox]

The 18cm high aluminium alloy cylinder - called a moon surface micro-ecological circle - contains silkworm eggs and seeds for potatoes and cress. Chinese scientists now hope both plants will root and sprout in the container, producing the first flower ever grown on the space rock.

They hope to see the results towards the end of a 100-day experimental period, according to the country's space agency. Last night, they announced their first breakthrough publishing a picture of cotton seed, bought up on Chang’e 4 actually growing.

China hopes to be growing potatoes on the moon ‘within 100 days’

With all the spacecraft NASA has landed on the moon and Mars they have never sprouted anything that I can remember. With Mars I am sure it is contamination fears, but they could do it in a sealed container. This is great PR for China, growing stuff on the moon.

[vannrox]

Here’s another fun post from ATS. Love the comments there. heh heh. Enjoy.

[Sacajaweau]

They’re gonna get fried during re-entry.

[HighSierra5]

BFD.

[Little Ray]

I think it is a message - we’re not visitors - we’re colonists.

[JohnG45]

What’s the big deal?

I have stuff like that (and worse) growing all over my bathroom.

[Tuxedo]

them’s some expensive tater tots

[Doogle]

"..????...and I'll grow a prop out my butt and become a tug boat.*TOOT TOOT*"

[Beagle8U]

Isn’t it about 100 deg below zero on the moon? How is a super-frozen seed going to sprout?

[adorno]

The moon has 1/8th the gravity of the Earth.

So, anything grown on the moon will automatically be diet food, which means that people will only gain 1/8th the weight as they normally would from food grown on Earth.

All the fast-food restaurants will be racing to be the first on the moon.

[i_robot73]

So, while China colonizes the moon and beyond, the U.S. is still riding shotgun via Russian rockets & pushing Muslim ‘outreach’?

Damn, the once-(great-)Republic is swirling faster than I thought

[C210N]

Isn’t it about 100 deg below zero on the moon?

Seems to me the only thing they are experimenting with is growing stuff in 1/6 Earth gravity. As for moisture, temp and light, that's totally controllable within the growing environment provided by the spacecraft.

[chris37]

All I can hear is John Edwards saying, “This is about haaaooooope”. (hick accent)

[RipSawyer]

“The moon has 1/8th the gravity of the Earth.

So, anything grown on the moon will automatically be diet food, which means that people will only gain 1/8th the weight as they normally would from food grown on Earth.

All the fast-food restaurants will be racing to be the first on the moon.”

I think you could have a career writing for Alexandria HoosisWhatsis. Maybe you do already?

[mowowie]

Chinese scientist realizing the high fail rate of their national products and also after watching the movie The Martian decided that potatoes was probably a good idea..

[humblegunner]

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Next thing you know they’ll be growing bean sprouts on Uranus.

[oldasrocks]

Soon we will hear the moon was once part of china via a land bridge so it belongs to them. Then they will start a potato farm so they can make Vodka which in turn will be used to control the Russians. Devious minds at work.

[crusadersoldier]

New nine dash line as they claim that Chinese soil stretches to the far side of the moon?

[mdmathis6]

That sounds like the Wisdom of Occaisional-Cortex...the wise Latina of the Congress.../s