{"id":1148,"date":"2013-04-09T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T11:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2017-06-09T11:32:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:32:46","slug":"so-yeah-about-that-moon-melon-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/so-yeah-about-that-moon-melon-story\/","title":{"rendered":"SO, YEAH, ABOUT THAT MOON MELON STORY \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you might have read<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/scientists-announce-plans-to-grow-watermelons-on-the-moon\/\"> Monday\u2019s story about plans to grow watermelons on the moon<\/a> with a bit of skepticism. I don\u2019t blame you. After all, the thought of growing watermelon on the moon seems like something cooked up in a science fiction movie.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if you read the story to very last line, you would have learned that it was, indeed, an April Fool\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n<p>Do I wish the story were true? Heck yeah! If they can grow watermelon on the moon, it would make me feel a lot more confident about my attempt to grown watermelon here on Earth. Plus, I\u2019d be first in line to taste some of those moon melons!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t come a day when the moon is transformed into farmland. That day just isn\u2019t now. And when that day comes, they probably won\u2019t choose watermelon \u2013 a crop that requires a LOT of water to grow \u2013 as the guinea pig for the experiment. 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