Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

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Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

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Space@mander.xyz · 2 days ago

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens.

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Well, only fair. The Martians brought Red Weed with them back in the day

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