Fun fact for day 10 of Microblogvember: I once was a part of a NASA experiment, growing space tomatoes. A long time ago, seeds were sent into orbit & were to be retrieved by the Challenger. My science teacher when they were retrieved was part of the project, so I got to grow 🚀🌌🍅
@smokey Nice, must have been a wonderful experiment to be part of! What was your first thought then?
@richardleis Likewise! It was not a big deal here and I may even have been the only person to volunteer to grow them (summer science homework was not a big draw ;-) even for a space-related project). I have vivid memories of starting the seeds and dutifully recording observations on the forms as they grew, wondering what might happen, but I have no recollection what happened beyond seedling stage—I presume we planted them in the garden and then ate them, but I really can’t recall.
Actually…I just had a flash of collecting seeds from the fruit on wax paper…annnnnd, it turns out I still have seeds from the third and fourth generations running around in my old desk! Updated the original post with a photo. // @Miraz @amit
@Burk Definitely a good story to tell, even though there’s not much to tell 😀 Older me wishes younger me had kept going (and kept my own copy of observations), but it certainly seems like there were no noticeable effects from the original seeds having spent serveral years in space, which I suppose is good to know for when we have to find a new planet….
