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Re:Why Not Mars by moloch-hai on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:35AM (#34216081)
No one has grown tomatoes in space, as far as I have been able to find.

They managed a pepper.

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Re:Why Not Mars by m4rtink on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:43AM (#34216488)
Its actually ongoing right now on the ISS:

https://gpnmag.com/news/nasa-will-grow-tomatoes-in-space-abo...

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Re:Why Not Mars by moloch-hai on Monday January 02, 2023 @06:16AM (#34216686)
They hope it will work. If not, you won't hear much about it.
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Re:Why Not Mars by m4rtink on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:43AM (#34219090)
I'm sure there will be relevant scientific papers for this experiment either way.
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Re:Why Not Mars by moloch-hai on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:23AM (#34233502)
I'm sure there will be no press release if there are no tomatoes.
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