The Distant Gardner
There’s no lack of space in Leopold’s garden.
In case you want to know what a Frenchman does when he’s 400km above the earth: he grows plants.
A French astronaut is tending a miniature garden on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the first experiment inside the orbiting laboratory’s new European research module.
European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts is growing tiny seedlings inside the space station’s Columbus laboratory.
The WAICO experiment — short for Waving and Coiling of Arabidopsis Roots at Different g-levels — could help scientists figure out how to grow crops in space for future astronauts during long space voyages.
Wed 05-Mar-08 | Posted in: People, Food, Drink & Smoke
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Comment from Max
Time: March 6, 2008, 11:22 pm
In other news, José Bové has been seen trying to get rocket parts for his 2CV. The OGM destroying spaceship is scheduled for 2010.