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Calibrating data in a weightless environment

A Test to Verify the Biocompatibility of a Method for Plant Culture in a Microgravity Environment by Brown and Chapman is an example of the basic science people needed to do with the shuttle.

If you’re going to run plant experiments, then the plants will need to perform basic function in order to live. One example is taking up water and this was a problem. Soviet experiments and theoretical work…