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Moon Trees
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Ever been jealous of a tree? Unlikely, but you’ve never met a moon tree. They look like normal trees, but they think they’re better than you.
Every NASA trip to the Moon there was an unlucky fellow who got stuck in the craft as the guys walked around on the Moon. On Apollo 14 it was Alan Shepard, former US Forest Service smoke jumper. With him he carried a pouch of tree seeds as part of, from I can only presume, a study to see if baby trees get space dementia.
In any case, while the intended study wound up being a failure, the seeds returned to Earth and were planted around the US. These trees have all survived and are adorned with signage.
My opinions: I probably wouldn't go more than 30 minutes out of my way to visit one, but I'm also not a NASA junkie.
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