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The First Soybean Crop Grown In Space is harvest

ihnm writes "Science Daily has a story on the harvesting of the first soybeans grown in a space station. Does this mean McDonald's will start selling Space Burgers?"

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  1. Lose weight! by oever · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lose weight, eat space burgers.

    Never mind the mass.

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  2. Damn liberals... by skaffen42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I allways knew the space program was run by those damn liberals. I mean, why would they be growing soy beans? I'll tell you why:

    Tofu!

    They want our astronauts to eat Tofu. And drink soy milk. And eat "healthy". Dammit, what happened to feeding them steak. You think Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and then went for a nice vegetarian stir fry with extra tofu? You think Neil Armstrong was missing his veggy shake while wandering around the moon. I think not!

    I say we start a campaign to get some cows up there. Our boys need meat!

    If even our astronauts start eating tofu then all is lost. "Come on dear, even Buzz Aldrin eats tofu, why can't you?" I'll have no excuses left. I'll have to start eating that stuff. Aarrgh!

    Come to think of it, can we get them to grow some hopps up there?

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  3. Scientists Shocked at Data by selectspec · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientists scramble to understand the revelations exposed by the data gathered in this experiment: At nearly 15 million dollars per soy bean, growing soy beans in space is really expensive compared to growing them on the ground.

    This shockwave rippling through NASA has put into doubt future projects, such as the herding goats on the moon project, the orbiting retirment home, and NASA's holy grail, the Europa Mineral Water bottling company.

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  4. Re:soya - cows - burger - major waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of course water's a scarce commodity! It's not like it just falls from the sky!
    No, wait...