
Space
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The Challenger Challenger - A Space Shuttle Mission
This is case where something literally got lost in space. This probe designed for nine months ends up sitting in orbit for almost seven years. I was able to obtain some of those seeds that went aboard that day throug an on line auction. Luckily, they were vacuum seald the whole time, but they were incredibly moody little seeds. They did not want to co operate. It wasn't meant to be. But getting it here was quite a miracle.
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