{"id":6313,"date":"2014-02-02T20:35:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2014-02-02T20:35:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:35:50","slug":"misc-iss-gardening-slowing-cancer-in-micro-g-space-elevators-terraform-mars-vs-big-habs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6313","title":{"rendered":"Misc: ISS gardening, Slowing cancer in micro-g, Space elevators, Terraform Mars vs Big Habs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmonauts on the ISS have a small garden now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/space\/orbital-farming-space-station-greenhouse-bears-fruit-140131.htm\" target=\"_d\">Orbital Farming: Space Station Greenhouse Bears Fruit -Discovery News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.ria.ru\/science\/20140130\/187027991\/Russian-Space-Farmers-Harvest-Wheat-Peas-and-Greens-.html\" target=\"_d\">Russian Space Farmers Harvest Wheat, Peas and Greens &#8211; RIA Novosti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=6314\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"187028226[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261-300x170.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6314\" alt=\"187028226[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1870282261-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><em>NASA Image<\/em><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>One type of cancer cells becomes less aggressive in microgravity:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/cancer-cells-tamed-trip-outer-space\" target=\"_d\">Cancer Cells Tamed By Trip To Outer Space:<em> Low-grav experiments may point the way toward more effective treatments on Earth\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Popular Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest space lift news and developments in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.constantcontact.com\/fs142\/1102506131063\/archive\/1116384493491.html\" target=\"_d\">International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) Newsletter &#8211; January 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Some numbers involved in terraforming Mars versus building large <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/the-life-of-gerard-k-oneill\/\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Neill<\/a> type\u00a0in-space rotating habitats:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hopsblog-hop.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/terraforming-mars-vs-orbital-habs.html\" target=\"_d\">Terraforming Mars vs Orbital Habs &#8211; Hop&#8217;s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmonauts on the ISS have a small garden now: Orbital Farming: Space Station Greenhouse Bears Fruit -Discovery News Russian Space Farmers Harvest Wheat, Peas and Greens &#8211; RIA Novosti NASA Image === One type of cancer cells becomes less aggressive in microgravity:\u00a0Cancer Cells Tamed By Trip To Outer Space: Low-grav experiments may point the way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6313\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Misc: ISS gardening, Slowing cancer in micro-g, Space elevators, Terraform Mars vs Big Habs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-settlement","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1DP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12869,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12869","url_meta":{"origin":6313,"position":0},"title":"Nicole Stott, a water-colorist on the ISS, helps the &#8216;Space Suit Art Project&#8217; 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