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Growing Tomatoes in Space (2014) (dlr.de)
11 points by Tomte on March 11, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments



Per Wikipedia [1], the satellite just launched in December 2018, so the results of the experiments will be forthcoming after about a year in orbit.

[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuCROPIS

It's a shame there are no plans for re-entry of the crop. A taste test would be really nice to have. I hope they are growing a good, tasty varietal. We have been cursed with flavorless, 13 mph tomatoes on Earth for too long. Hopefully, the future colonists will be growing Brandywines, Yellow Pears, or similar varieties with lots of flavor.


Page is badly out of date, it says the mission is planned for launch in 2016. It launched in December 2018.


Because there are not enough tomatoes on Earth?


No, because people in space need oxygen, food, and biomass.


i love how science spends billions to create a problem, and then more billions to solve that artificial problem :D paying taxes is so wonderful. thankfully, we all enjoy that!


Wait, what?

Are you saying science created the problem of wanting to send humans to space? If yes, that's not a science problem.


Plenty on Earth, not enough in space.


well, i can tell you there's nothing close to these kind of expensive tomatoes on earth friend. I'm sure people would take the money ... but a few billion for some tomatoes an algea seems pricey to me! :D




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