Talk:Astrobotany

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Merger
As of 05/08/18 I've merged the plants in space wikipedia page with astrobotany. Tikhovcaptain (talk) 04:27, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

This is my first time performing a merger, so if any editors see any problems, please let me know. I thought it was appropriate to merge the two articles under the name of the discipline. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the editors who created the amazing page on plants in space. Thanks all. Tikhovcaptain (talk) 04:31, 9 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I suppose plants in space would be of interest to astrobotany but they are not all equivalent. Astrobotany is supposed to be alien plants not space gardening, even if that field does analyze it is part of its studies. Fotaun (talk) 19:59, 12 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I work in a plant biology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin that is funded by NASA. The definition you have pulled from dictionary.com is not the definition we use.  Astrobotany is the study of plants in spaceflight environments.

Tikhovcaptain (talk) 02:53, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

New sections
I am looking to include new sections of this article, and would like help in brainstorming ideas. Thus far, I have gathered information for a section titled "Extraterrestrial vegetation," which would include methods for locating vegetation on exoplanets (analyzing planetshine for "red edge" spectra, for one). I also would like to include an "In popular culture" section to include mentions of astrobotany in works of fiction, such as the movie "Avatar" or video games like "Mass Effect," or to talk about the book and movie "The Martian" and what it means for astrobotany. Lastly, I thought to include a list of current projects from various institutions that would be considered astrobotanical research (I know of one, a team from the University of Michigan working with NASA JPL to create a 3D-printable substrate for growing crops on the ISS). Help with finding and citing sources, as well as thinking of more relevant information for this page, would be greatly appreciated. Tjanefbr (talk) 16:52, 13 February 2018 (UTC)