salomonderotti2d ago
Kevin Beaumont
China flew to the moon 7 years ago and successfully grew some plants on the surface. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-46873526
China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

The seeds, inside a sealed container, are the first plants ever grown on the Moon's surface.

BBC News
Apr 9 at 9:49pmWeb
Show threadian3d ago
@GossiTheDog there’s a whole bit in The Martian (2015) about what this means 👍
Show threadSamantaz Fox3d ago
@GossiTheDog thank you very much for bringing this to my attention! I missed the information back then (and I'm surprised nobody else talked about it, though with the covid in between, it feels like a lot of things pre-2020 went down the drain)