An 18-centimeter-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs which will be incubated.
Chinese space program authorities have revealed plans to send potatoes to the moon as part of an experiment.
The Global Times, an English-language Chinese daily, reports that a 3-kilogram mini-ecosystem will be transported to the lunar surface via the Chang’ e 4 Chinese lunar exploration mission. It is scheduled to launch on 2018, as announced by Chinese space program authorities during this year’s Global Space Exploration Conference.
The experiment is the first of its kind for China. An 18-centimeter-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs which will be incubated.
The theory is that silkworm eggs hatching will create carbon dioxide, while the potatoes generate oxygen.
