China hopes to create a 'mini biosphere' on the dark side of the Moon, with flowers and silkworms sustaining each other as they grow on the lifeless lunar surface.
The unprecedented plan to create life in outer space is the most intriguing part of China's lunar probe mission later this year, and could be a major boost for dreams that humans will one day live on the Moon.
The insects, plants, potato seeds and arabidopsis - a small flowering plant belonging to the mustard family - will be taken to the Moon on board the Chang'e-4 lander and rover in December.
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If you recall, the US was particularly careful to not contaminate the moon with earth organisms and took strict measures to prevent contaminating the earth with non-terrestrial bugs. So this Chinese initiative seems to be quite ill-conceived.
What's the worst that could happen? Think "rabbits in Australia" and "Genesis Effect" for starters. We should NOT contaminate the rest of the universe.
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