RobertB-DC's Journal: Rejected again: China Sends Quarter Ton of Seeds to Space

Another day, another rejected article. Well, we can't all be Roland Piquepaille (aka "tag as pigpile"), can we? :)

While the rest of the world was watching Space Shuttle Atlantis dock with the International Space Station, the Chinese space agency was sending 474 pounds of seeds and fungi into orbit. The craft is due to return to earth in two weeks. Mission planners may be setting themselves up for an Ig Nobel prize, though, for the mission's stated goal: 'Chinese officials contend that seeds exposed to space radiation and microgravity contain more vitamins and other crucial minerals.'