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Mystery of the missing ISS tomato finally solved (space detective trends/fashions) - C C - Dec 10, 2023
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-iss-tomato-found-frank-rubio-1851084372
INTRO: The curious case of the conspicuously absent cherry tomato has finally been put to rest eight months after the lab-grown edible went missing.
In space, no one can hear a tomato scream, even when it’s lost. NASA’s Veg-05 experiment, a project focusing on growing fruits and vegetables in space, experienced an unusual turn of events when a Red Robin dwarf tomato vanished shortly after being harvested in March. This tomato, part of a study to explore the feasibility of continuous fresh-food production in space, was finally found, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli revealed during a livestream on December 6.
The resolution of this culinary cosmic mystery came during the 25th-anniversary celebration of the ISS. Moghbeli, flashing a big grin, announced, “Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home [on September 27], has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato. But we can exonerate him. We found the tomato.” (MORE - details)
RE: Mystery of the missing ISS tomato finally solved (space detective trends/fashions) - confused2 - Dec 10, 2023
The plot thickens.
We still don't know where the tomato went.
Have they found a zippy bag with the tomato in?
Or found video of the tomato's last moments on Earth?
1 comment says you have to click a link to find out but they couldn't be bothered to do it.
Another comment says that you don't find out even if you can be bothered to click the link.
Tomato, tomato, wherefore art thou?
RE: Mystery of the missing ISS tomato finally solved (space detective trends/fashions) - C C - Dec 11, 2023
(Dec 10, 2023 11:53 PM)confused2 Wrote: The plot thickens.
We still don't know where the tomato went.
Have they found a zippy bag with the tomato in?
Or found video of the tomato's last moments on Earth?
1 comment says you have to click a link to find out but they couldn't be bothered to do it.
Another comment says that you don't find out even if you can be bothered to click the link.
Tomato, tomato, wherefore art thou?
Thanks to the trusty transcript (and Find), I didn't have to watch the 19-minute video to learn that the livestream never disclosed where it was discovered, either. I can only infer that whatever nook or cranny it was floating/caught in lacks a precise technical name or enlightening location other than "that spot" (or other generic).