Tamo Michi Fujita
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Tamo Michi Fujita is with Hokkaido University.
He says a few years ago, astronauts attached the spore-containing parts of a common moss to the outside of the space station.
They spent 283 days there before returning to Earth, and most of them were able to successfully germinate in the lab.
He and his colleagues say the moss could have survived the harsh conditions even longer, perhaps as long as 15 years.
They're now exploring the potential of mosses for constructing new ecosystems in places like the moon or Mars.
Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
Tamo Michi Fujita is with Hokkaido University.
He says a few years ago, astronauts attached the spore-containing parts of a common moss to the outside of the space station.
They spent 283 days there before returning to Earth, and most of them were able to successfully germinate in the lab.
He and his colleagues say the moss could have survived the harsh conditions even longer, perhaps as long as 15 years.
They're now exploring the potential of mosses for constructing new ecosystems in places like the moon or Mars.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
Tamo Michi Fujita is with Hokkaido University.
He says a few years ago, astronauts attached the spore-containing parts of a common moss to the outside of the space station.
They spent 283 days there before returning to Earth, and most of them were able to successfully germinate in the lab.
He and his colleagues say the moss could have survived the harsh conditions even longer, perhaps as long as 15 years.
They're now exploring the potential of mosses for constructing new ecosystems in places like the moon or Mars.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.