Now space and satellites are to help produce fruit and vegetables capable of feeding China’s 1.3 billion people! Yes, a recoverable satellite — Shijian-8 — was launched aboard a Long March 2C rocket for a mission to expose 2,000 seeds — weighing 215 kgs — of plants and fungus from nine different categories to cosmic radiation and micro-gravity! Xinhua news agency has reported this innovative idea.
The satellite is said to have successfully entered orbit for conducting a range of space experiments. And the data, the “seed satellite” will be gathering aboard will enable scientists to try to cultivate high-yield and high-quality plants, the China National Space Administration informed.
