I have survived outside of the International Space Station my whole life
celsius1414 74 days ago [-]
If you’ve done so as moss, I salute your ability to use human technology to post!
stevage 75 days ago [-]
Moss spores survived outside. The difference is significant, it's like saying "Banana trees survived in space" when it was just banana seeds...
DANmode 74 days ago [-]
Banana seeds can’t drive health conditions.
stevenalowe 78 days ago [-]
Moss _spores_, not living moss. Big difference! 80% viable upon return, no mention of quarantine or mutations
griffzhowl 75 days ago [-]
True. I got visions of patches of moss growing on the outside of the ISS
Borg3 75 days ago [-]
Haha, It reminds me some old movie called Andromeda I think... Space human probe crashlanded on earth and contained some greenish patches of stuff on it. It was space dwelling orgamism that direcly used energy to matter conversion for growth. It was pretty decent movie actually :)
IAmBroom 75 days ago [-]
Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton's first big success.
Great movie, but even better book.
rich_sasha 75 days ago [-]
When interviewed, Moss stated: "The ambient emvironment is indeed challenging. But when I think about the toxic political discourse, collapsing rules-based global order and of course, the inevitable temperature increase past 1.5 or even 2 degC above pre-industrial state, I really don't regret my move"
AnonymousPlanet 75 days ago [-]
Moss' psychiatrist had this to say: "Vell, Moss is just zis guy, you know?"
swarnie 75 days ago [-]
Moss has been invited to touch grass.
supportengineer 79 days ago [-]
It lived in a vacuum, in high radiation conditions and with huge temperature fluctuations?
gus_massa 78 days ago [-]
They put spores, that are more resistant to vacuum, lack of humidity, temperature fluctuation. I'm no sure about the radiation level, perhaps the containers were partially hidden by the structure.
peter_d_sherman 74 days ago [-]
If Moss survived outside of the International Space Station for 9 months, then perhaps Moss might be a good candidate to take to the surface of Mars on a future Mars mission...
Great movie, but even better book.
I know they're doing everything to keep those craft sterile, I think we should go the other way: spread life across the universe while we can.