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Lichens In Space

Lichens In Space Posted by Spiros Antonopoulos on November 15, 2005 - 5:46am.

Ok, so it’s downright phenomenal that lichens don’t need spacesuits for interstellar travel. Crazy even. Wildcrafting edible organic lichen outside your spacecraft may revolutionize our future travel gardens and meals, but that’s not what really gets my synapses firing. A recent article in The Register expands upon the details, Lichens love life in space.



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