9 comments

  • bhokbah 30 minutes ago
    I have survived outside of the International Space Station my whole life
  • stevage 2 hours ago
    Moss spores survived outside. The difference is significant, it's like saying "Banana trees survived in space" when it was just banana seeds...
  • rich_sasha 3 hours 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 2 hours ago
      Moss' psychiatrist had this to say: "Vell, Moss is just zis guy, you know?"
    • swarnie 1 hour ago
      Moss has been invited to touch grass.
  • stevenalowe 2 days ago
    Moss _spores_, not living moss. Big difference! 80% viable upon return, no mention of quarantine or mutations
    • griffzhowl 4 hours ago
      True. I got visions of patches of moss growing on the outside of the ISS
      • Borg3 28 minutes 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 11 minutes ago
          Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton's first big success.

          Great movie, but even better book.

  • supportengineer 3 days ago
    It lived in a vacuum, in high radiation conditions and with huge temperature fluctuations?
    • gus_massa 3 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.
  • mkl 4 hours ago
    Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011978 2 days ago, 69 comments.
  • jacquesm 2 hours ago
    Someone stick a bag of moss spores on the next Voyager please.

    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.

  • NDizzle 25 minutes ago
    What can’t Randy do?!
  • almosthere 4 hours ago
    panspermia anyone