Monday, July 25, 2005

Trees... from the Moon

"Stuart Roosa's love of the outdoors prompted him to choose tree seeds as one ingredient of his Personal Preference Kit, the sock-sized pouch Apollo astronauts were allowed to fill with their prize possessions. The seeds were provided by the US Forestry Service - in particular, by its then Staff Director for Forest Genetics Research, Stan Krugman."

This scenario seems like the backstory for some arboreal holocaust a la "The Day of the Triffids."
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Gerald T said...

Yes Mac, I smell a story here; are ya with me baby, I can see it now, novel, screenplay, Spielberg for the move perhaps. “Attack of the Killer Mutant Trees” They were just ordinary seeds taken by an unwitting astronaut into space, but due to a strange burst of gamma radiation, when the door of the shuttle opened upon the return to earth, out sprang bloodthirsty Mutant Trees!

On a heaver note, a small critique of RCH blog. I know he is just getting his sea legs, but it seems one of the basic rules of blogging(a completely different literary format than any other, a whole new art form), is that the one thing that you absolutely positively have to do is; POST EVERY DAY! Now his expertise, insider connections, and fame will carry his blog far, but…

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