Re: peas in space?

**Karen York k*@rogers.com**

Sharon,

I don't know about peas, but if you Google Mike Dixon and University of
Guelph, you'll get a lot of information about tomatoes in space (see also
the "Tomatosphere" program in which tomato seeds that were sent into both
space and into space simulators have been distributed to more than 5,000
classrooms so kids can grow them and see how well they fare compared to
normal, earth-bound tomato seeds).
 Mike Dixon has worked with NASA and now heads a research group into
Controlled Environment Systems which is looking at basically growing plants
in space and ultimately on Mars. I've heard him lecture and he is an
articulate guy who makes high science accessible. I'm sure he'd love to talk
to you if you were interested. BTW, other space plant candidates included
beans and roses.

Karen

Karen York is a botanical editor and author of The Holistic Garden: Creating
Spaces for Health and Healing (Prentice Hall, 2001; Penguin, 2002).

swren1 at swren1@msn.com wrote:

> I saw something in a gardening newsletter about peas being germinated at the
> International Space Station.  I followed the link to CNN's page, but they
> didn't have much information.  Has anyone seen any stories about this?  I
> figured it'd be a good column topic for this winter.
> 
> Sharon Wren

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