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Bamboo in space?
Bamboo is light and strong, and it grows well in poor soils and under
marginal sunlight. I wonder if it could grow in microgravity? If so, and its structural characteristics were preserved, it might make a construction material of interest for use in free fall. Other virtues include the fact that reasonable diameter stalks can be cut with a simple blade: no sawdust. No finishing is required. About a billion housewares can be made from it. It's even edible. I wonder if we can get a few shoots up to ISS for a microgravity growth test... Jim McCauley |
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