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The Plan to Send Plant-Filled ‘Gardens’ Into Orbit
Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm Heatherwick Studio and the space architecture nonprofit Aurelia Institute.
They want to include “hero” species at the center of their cosmic garden, chosen for their aesthetic or cultural significance, in order to connect rocket men and women with the beautiful Earth below. The seeds were exposed to some cosmic radiation, but being in a shaded position aboard MISSE, they were spared the worst of the rays, and their temperature never exceeded 50 degrees Celsius. Alistair Griffiths, director of science at the UK’s Royal Horticultural Society, was involved in a project that sent rocket seeds—an apt choice—to the ISS with British astronaut Tim Peake in 2015.
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