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China Has Brought Plants And Animals To The Moon To Cultivate For Its Future

China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft has brought plants and animals to the moon after successfully landing on the far side of the natural satellite of Earth yesterday.  

As well as radiation monitoring and mineralogical experiments, Chang’e-4 probe contains potato seeds, silkworm eggs and arabidopsis seeds – plants related to cabbage and mustard that are commonly used by biologists as a model for how plants behave in different environments.

The seeds and eggs are kept in a small cylindrical tin and are expected to grow inside the 0.8L container.

The ‘lunar mini biosphere’ is part of Beijing’s biological studies in space as it plans to build a lunar base and eventually put people on the moon by 2036.

Researchers hope the potato and arabidopsis seeds will grow to blossom on the moon in 100 days, with the process captured on camera and transmitted to Earth, according to a previous report from Huanqiu.com citing Xinhua News Agency.

The silkworm eggs are also expected to hatch into larvae before growing into silkworm moths.

The 6.6lb (three kg) tin is made from a specially developed aluminium alloy. It is seven inches (18 cm) tall, with a diameter of six inches (16 cm) and a net volume of 1.4 pints (0.8 litres).

As well as seeds, it contains water, a nutrient solution, air and equipment including a small camera and data transmission system.

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The 0.8L cylindrical tin was designed by experts from south-west China's Chongqing University. It is equipped with insulating layers and a mini air-conditioning system
The 0.8L cylindrical tin was designed by experts from south-west China’s Chongqing University. It is equipped with insulating layers and a mini air-conditioning system
Ouyang Ziyuan (pictured), a chief space scientist, said last month the 'lunar mini biosphere' was an experiment to satisfy humans' curiosity of space and its results would be hard to tell
Ouyang Ziyuan (pictured), a chief space scientist, said last month the ‘lunar mini biosphere’ was an experiment to satisfy humans’ curiosity of space and its results would be hard to tell

Astronauts have previously cultivated plants on the International Space Station. Rice and arabidopsis were also grown on China’s Tiangong-2 space lab.

Both of these experiments were conducted in low Earth orbit and under very different conditions.

Speaking to Xinhua last year, the chief designer of the ‘lunar mini biosphere’ Xie Gengxin called the experiment ‘significant’. Xie said it could herald a breakthrough for them to understand how humans might be able to survive on an alien planet.

Zhang Yuanxun, a director from China’s Deep-space Exploration Associated Research Centre, said the difficulties of the experiment was to control the temperatures and ensure energy supply for the ‘lunar mini biosphere’ in the ‘complicated’ environment on the moon.

The lunar day and night each lasts for 14 days, half of its orbit around Earth. The temperatures on its surface could range from the peak of 127°C (261°F) to lows of -173°C (-279°F).

To control the temperatures, scientists put insulating layers around the tin and built a mini air-conditioning system inside hoping it could provide a pleasant environment for the plants to grow.

 

 

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