cm0002@infosec.pub to Space@mander.xyz · 7 hours agoScientists Intrigued by Moss Surviving on Exterior of Space Stationfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down15
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minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up28·6 hours agoSeems misleading. They didn’t have moss growing outside the station, they had spores in an “exposure” box out there for 9 months, then sent them to earth and were able to grow moss from the spores.
minus-squareGreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agothanks for clarifying, that’s a huge distinction vs. moss actually growing as implied by their phrasing and the image. still cool that the spores survived, but much less remarkable.
Seems misleading. They didn’t have moss growing outside the station, they had spores in an “exposure” box out there for 9 months, then sent them to earth and were able to grow moss from the spores.
thanks for clarifying, that’s a huge distinction vs. moss actually growing as implied by their phrasing and the image.
still cool that the spores survived, but much less remarkable.