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So, remember when I talked about that Luna + Christmas tree video? Well... here it is!!! Did you enjoy? I hope you did!!

So you know how I'm part of the FLL team the LEGO Lassies? You might not know about this, so check out these   three posts  for more information. This year's theme is Into Orbit, and the problem we chose to solve was that astronauts aren't getting enough sugar while they're in space. We decided to solve this problem by growing sugar beets on Mars.  This is a sugar beet   We've decided to assume that there's already a colony on Mars, and that the currently ongoing CO₂ Challenge, in which NASA has asked anyone with access to a lab to try to create oxygen out of carbon dioxide, has failed. So the solution to the lack of sugar in space is to grow sugar beets on the colony in Mars. Sugar beets produce twice as much sugar per pound as sugar cane does, as well as growing faster and using less water. Unlike sugar cane, sugar beets can be processed into sugar on a small scale, and don't require a huge factory. This means that sugar beets are very efficient an...

Wow! It's December already, and Christmas is soon to come! I'm excited to see what happens next in life and what presents I'm getting. I'm also excited because today, our family got the tree! This is Luna's first Christmas, and I'm excited to see how she reacts. I'll be sure to post a video of her reaction on my YouTube channel, and here, and share her ridiculous fluffy amazingness with everyone!!