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According to Vice Publishing House, SpaceX’s Ilona Mask’s company 2020 will send hemp seeds to the ISS, which will be held on stations for at least a month, after which they will be returned to Earth.
Cannabis seed batch for scientists prepares Front Range Bioscience (FRB) is a US agricultural company that, in addition to hemp will provide for research a few more varieties of coffee.
However, the researchers themselves seem to be interested in first of all, how cannabis seeds behave in space. FRB will prepare cannabis with a characteristic psychoactive effect on human body because scientists want to know what changes at the genetic level will occur in this plant in space, is it possible in this way to increase the commercialization of this culture.
By the way, as for coffee, in this case the goal is set with using space to create varieties that can grow on Earth in the most adverse conditions.
Note that after returning from orbit, hemp seeds and coffee will be thoroughly studied, that is, the study will continue in terrestrial conditions, which will allow us to draw certain conclusions and, perhaps it will help scientists solve their tasks. By whom specifically set, the publisher Vice does not specify
By the way, let’s say that marijuana is not the first time to go for the limits of the earth, in 2013 hemp seeds were launched enthusiastic scientists on a special probe to a height of just over thirty kilometers. What this gave the researchers is unknown, like it is not known whether these two experiments are connected or not …
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