Australia seeks to grow plants on moon by 2025


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Australian scientists are trying to grow plants on the moon by 2025 in a new mission. Photo: AFP

Australian scientists are trying to grow plants on the Moon by 2025 in a new mission unveiled Oct 7 that they said could help pave the way for a future colony.

Plant biologist Brett Williams, from the Queensland University of Technology, said seeds would be carried by the Beresheet 2 spacecraft – a private Israeli Moon mission.

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