We grew the seeds under controlled conditions and compared the growth to control seeds left on Earth. The results of the testing led us to conclude that another test was needed. Some of the test seeds germinated but never grew. Three of the test seeds grew but not as vigorously as the control group. There were many questions left unanswered.
Plant grows very rapidly.
This project required us to cooperate and discuss many details. We spent considerable time analyzing our results since the plants did not grow like we thought they would. It became evident that radiation affected the seeds because the control seeds grew just fine but the experimental seeds did not grow normally. We wondered if there were other things affecting the seeds such as zero gravity. We found out from NASA that the temperature ranged from -70 degrees up to 250 degrees during the flight.