SpaceX news: Elon Musk to send marijuana to International Space Station next year
SPACEX will ship cannabis and coffee to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, the space company’s CEO Elon Musk has announced.
Elon Musk smoking marijuana live on air remains fresh in the memory. Now, agri-tech company Front Range Biosciences is set to send the drug to the International Space Station.
The cannabis will be shipped onboard a SpaceX cargo flight in March 2020 to study the impact of gravity on plants.
The plant cell cultures of hemp and coffee will launch in the SpaceX “CRS-20” cargo flight scheduled for launch in March.
To send the tissue cultures to space, Front Range Biosciences has partnered with tech startup Space Cells and research institute BioServe.
Dr Jonathan Vaught, co-founder and CEO of Front Range Biosciences, said: “This is one of the first times anyone is researching the effects of microgravity and spaceflight on hemp and coffee cell cultures.
The cannabis will be shipped onboard a SpaceX cargo flight in March 2020 to study the impact of gravity on plants
The cultures will remain in an ISS incubator for 30 days while they are monitored remotely from the University of Colorado.
After 30 days, the cells will be sent back to Earth.
The researchers will then study how the specimens’ DNA has been affected by fluctuating gravity levels and cosmic radiation.
NASA head Jim Bridenstine recently announced SpaceX founder Musk will not be getting high in public again. Speaking on Musk’s infamous marijuana consumption on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the NASA Administrator said “that was not appropriate behaviour” and people will not be seeing that again. Mr Bridenstine said he spoke with Elon Musk as he does not want NASA contractors engaging in questionable behaviour.
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