The high-flying scientists who devote months and sometimes years of their lives to conducting science in space will be getting a very special package in early 2020. The next SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station will be carrying something with a sketchy legal history: cannabis.
Now, before you go imagining astronauts dabbling in mind-altering substances while cruising through space, you should know that it’s nothing like that. The ISS will instead be receiving cultures of hemp, which is the form of cannabis with very little THC, and is valued primarily for its industrial qualities.
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SpaceX will send cannabis to the ISS in 2020 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 22:12:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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