Re: NASA To Study Plants To Help Astronauts Grow Food In Space

[Joe Strout]

In article <1151456413.169551.150670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 "Bob Haller" <hallerb@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> No offense intended but whats new about this? They were spinning plants
> many years ago, grew lots of different stuff on Mir and possibly
> skylab.
> 
> So whats new and different?

For that matter, I'm sure I saw kids growing plants under red and blue 
cellophane in Jr. High science fairs 30 years ago.  That's pretty much 
the classic minimal science project for kids who don't care about 
science.

Oh, but this will be in space, so I'm sure the plants will prefer 
completely different frequencies of light.