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Maybe the moon's gravity? Or temperature cycle differences?

• knodi123 7y ago
  From the article, "But, the plants will not be able to survive the lunar night, when temperatures dip down to -170 degrees Celsius."
  • aeternum 7y ago
    I wonder if that part was expected or if something broke down. Strange to go to all the work of planting a seed and creating the proper environment with light routing knowing that it will last only a single lunar day. Seems likely that the insulation or power system did not work as designed.
    • WalterSear 7y ago
      Or this was just a propaganda play.
    • kop316 7y ago
      I'd suspect it's a "tack on" experiement. They were doing a bunch of experiments and wanted to see if a plant could even germinate in a low gravity environment. Now that they know it can germinate, it is worth the money to see if i t could last longer.