Aalice.483 net.columbia utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Thu Apr 1 17:52:10 1982 Shuttle Plants and Security Plants grown on STS-3 were apparently confused by the lack of gravity, but grew well nonetheless. Some twisted about in several directions and even sent roots out of the soil. Data obtained is hoped to help provide information on how to grow plants in space. The Air Force says that future military shuttle missions will be restricted in the sense of what gets out to the public. Some things, like live TV beam downs, will be held off or restricted so that the public does not get an idea of what the military is doing. The astronauts themselves may be restricted. NASA does not like this, as it prides itself on its openness towards the public, buts high level talks are going on to discuss future possibilities. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.