Cosmo Flower 2008 mission for legend and education - Connection with plant science under space environment

Space is a challenging field for science engineering and education. Cosmo Flower 2008 is a payload on the International Space Station coordinated by Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS). Science team, local governments and civilians get together to send flower seeds to space. This mission aims to create a legend of space, which will be shared by everyone. Seeds of plants including Japanese cherry are sent to space. Those trees were selected nation wide, and their seeds were collected by the local people. Space flown seeds will be returned to the original place, and planted there for a memoir of space flight. We propose to extend this kind of space mission to all over the world. Each nation and area has their own special flowers or plant species of their love. It turns to the firm basis of space development, and strong support of people on it.