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Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by Symmetry on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @09:55AM (#18911478)
Humans certainly need some gravity but whether lunar 1/8 g or martian 2/5 g is enough is something we have no experimental data on.
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Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by EForEndeavour on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:49AM (#18911967)
Very minor correction that does not affect your point: lunar surface gravity (1.6 m/s^2) is only about 6 times weaker than that of earth (9.8 m/s^2), not 8 times.
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