From Wired.com
"Mustard on the moon?
NASA scientists are suggesting that before sending humans back to the moon, we should launch plants there and watch them grow.
Dr. Chris McKay, my former astrobiology mentor at NASA, and plant biologist Dr. Robert Ferl of the University of Florida, presented their plan at a meeting of lunar scientists at NASA Ames this week.
The idea is simple: Fly a simple plant habitat to the moon. Bring along seeds (you don't have to care for them or feed them on the launch pad or the flight out). Germinate them inside your lunar plant-growth module on the surface and see how they cope with the low gravity, temperature and pressure as well as the high radiation by monitoring their gene expression. You can even go a step further and add lunar soil to the chamber to monitor the toxicity of the soil or the content of the soil."
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