Space Plant Payloads with Carl Carruthers (GotG39)
21.08.2023 - 11:40
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Getting a plant payload into space is rarely straightforward. In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener chats with Dr Carl Carruthers, who started out sending his own research projects into space and then became Chief Scientist at Nanoracks. There he worked on projects to send palm tree seeds to the International Space Station for the UAE and to design a kit to turn school kids into space farmers.
Dr Carl Carruthers spent nearly seven years working as Chief Scientist for Nanoracks, helping customers send their payloads into space. Carl currently works for the Vaccine Production Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also has his own consulting company, Coast Phase Consulting, providing no hype consulting on space life science projects or investment.
But he’s here to tell us about the plant science experiments he worked on while he was at Nanoracks.
01:57 Carl sends his first payload into space – seeds and cells on STS-91. 04:34 Carl joins Nanoracks, helping other scientists to send their payloads into space. 08:23 The UAE asks Carl to design an experiment for their first astronaut, and he eats a lot of dates! UAE Palm Tree Growth Experiment 27:25 The Nanoracks “Plants in Space” experiment becomes a DreamUp kit turning students into space farmers. 38:31 Carl picks his Fantasy Space Plants, and tells us about the time he grew potatoes on a bicycle wheel! 41:30 Emma the Gardener checks in with the plant experiments currently on the ISS and looks forward to the launch of XROOTS.
Hello, and welcome to episode 39 of Gardeners of the Galaxy, the podcast for all of the sentient beings in the universe who have a passion for plants. I’m
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