What Were the First Seeds in Space? GotG4
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth… and beyond! In this episode, Emma takes the time machine for a spin to explore the early history of seeds in space. Plus you’ll find out which plants will be best for terraforming Mars, why greenhouses may soon be made from solar panels, what’s included in a Russian space tourist package and more!
It’s going to take some tough plants to terraform Mars. Geography professor Eric Vaz has been working on a way to tell which regions of Earth are most like Mars, and which vegetation has the best chance of thriving on the red planet.How to leave Earth 101: Take good plants. Ryerson Today, May 2020Mars Terraforming: A Geographic Information Systems Framework. Life Sciences in Space Research, February 2020
Farmers on Earth may benefit from agrivoltaics – combining crops and solar panels. Tinted solar panels produce better basil—and more electricity. Anthropocene. August 2020.Tinted Semi‐Transparent Solar Panels Allow Concurrent Production of Crops and Electricity on the Same Cropland.
Do cosmonauts eat dill to reduce farting? We may never know for sure.The politics of the spice rack: Russia’s love of dill Alys Fowler’s A Modern Herbal* Scott Kelly’s Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery*Academic Busts UK Media Claim That Russian Cosmonauts are Obsessed With Dill. Sputnik News, Sep 2020
The Japanese mission blasting seeds into space this autumn will be taking Australian wattle seeds. Seeds in Space: What’ll Happen to the Wattle?
Contemplating becoming a space tourist? Find out what the Russian package offers. Russia Offers Space Tourists Purchase Of Soyuz Reentry Capsule Upon Return To Earth. UrduPoint, Sep 2020This is why Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun
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