Well, even Chelsea Flower Show is getting in on the space race.
The European Space Agency had a very interesting display which included their Mars Rover prototype, although it wasn’t clear what it would achieve over that which Curiosity has, and will, discover.
What was very interesting was their research on the growing of food in space, vital to any plans for long term space habitation or exploration.
In their work to involve schools they are offering seeds, which will have been taken to the ISS, for schoolchilden to then grow on Earth.
It is a great idea, but I do wonder how many of the seeds will actually be planted, against those that will end up ‘framed’ as Genuine Space Seeds and listed on ebay shortly after, watch this space.