The gravitational Chili Pepper: NASA astronauts planting experiment in space
That's good news for Elon Musk's vision...
When you think of space, there are certain things that literally go beyond our level of knowledge. For instance, Elon Musk wanting to create a secondary habitat for humankind, and plans to colonise Mars with humans.
Now that sounds futuristic and unattainable, but the truth is that he has broken many boundaries since he created SpaceX and that leads us to the thought process that perhaps he will achieve his goal.
This story is about astronauts who are aboard the International Space Station, planting and harvesting chili peppers. Now this story makes us feel like all the theories about life beyond earth, is definitely possible.
"A NASA plant experiment, which consisted of growing and harvesting chilli peppers in space, broke a record for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown in space. The experiment also made history as the longest one to take place on the International Space Station (ISS)." (Business Insider)
This isn't the first time that chili peppers were grown in space and eaten in space though. The last time they were grown, they were eaten in tacos... Sounds yummy... Definitely food that you can have on-the-go...
"The chili pepper plants were slightly delayed in their harvest compared with their Earth testings, said the chief investigator for the pepper experiment (Matt Romeyn). This meant the experiment on the station could be extended for another 17 days." (Business Insider)
The crazy part of it all is that this took them a couple of years to achieve, so you can imagine their excitement once they saw the plant-life growing all the way up in space.
"The experiment involved taking a field cultivar of a Hatch chile pepper from New Mexico, dwarfing it to fit inside the plant habitat, and figuring out how to productively grow the first generally recognised fruiting crop in space." (Business Insider)
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