The wattle seeds spent six months aboard the International Space Station before returning to Earth and being distributed to Australian schools. There, they are currently being monitored against Earth based seeds to see how they grow in comparison.
Speaking recently on OGL’s podcast, Jodie O’ Regan said she was inspired to include the unique science experiment when writing the lyrics for the choir after seeing footage of the Dragon capsule returning the seeds to Earth. "When I told (Composer) Joe Twist that wattle seeds had travelled to space he asked me for some words directly from the mission, I therefore used some of the words from mission control for the piece”.
Find out more;
- https://onegiantleapfoundation.com.au/podcast/
- https://seedsinspace.com.au/whtw/
- https://www.jodieoregan.com/
- https://joetwist.com/
- https://christopherbradley.eu/ and https://tonraumfuenf10.de/
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