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Opcn OP t1_j0y05e9 wrote

Reply to comment by versuvius1 in World's first rice seeds harvested in orbit onboard China Space Station return to Earth by Opcn

Oh, this is different from using space to irradiate seeds. Though different bonds are impacted by ionizing radiation of different energy so it might be different than gamma radiation on earth. This rice was not just taken to space and brought back, that's happened before, this rice was taken to space, planted in space, grown in space, harvested in space, and brought back to earth.

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versuvius1 t1_j0ynq5t wrote

oh interesting! So this is more to mess with plant epigenetically or something like that?

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Opcn OP t1_j0yobka wrote

It’s probably more about the possibility of growing food in space as part of long term habitation and settlement goals than about changing the growth characteristics of the rice.

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