On Space Beer and Space Vegetables


	On Space Beer and Space Vegetables

hitchhiker08

7-3-2008 5:46 AM

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vegetables, space, genetic mutation, guandong academy of agricultural sciences, nasa, dupont, beer, barley, sapporo, seeds

hitchhiker08 says:

Spaced out?!

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I have recently read two reports that provided some interesting food for thought, pardon the pun. They both involve the results of sending seeds into space.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm"><H3>Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.uberreview.com/img/F791D482-1AA1-4BE3-9AEE-82BB863F728C" alt="Giant Pumpkin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm">
In 2006 a batch of 2,000 vegetable seeds was launched into space. Since returning to earth, these seeds have been selectively bred in order to cultivate those with the best characteristics.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm">research </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm">carried out at the Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences and if you are to believe the hype, created some vegetables of unusual size (VOUS) </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm">results say the Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, are 9.5kg tomatoes, nine-inch chilies, 95kg pumpkins and enormous watermelons.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.uberreview.com/img/B5D06B55-5852-4D94-9400-832B16E83A02" alt="Giant Chili" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.uberreview.com/img/811E61DF-EA91-4993-93DA-BF3D187D4A2A" alt="Giant ?" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.uberreview.com/2008/06/on-space-beer-and-space-vegetables.htm">NASA and Dupont have both done their own experimentation and explicitly stated that the results do not justify the expense</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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