In a lecture I saw 10 years ago, Freeman Dyson advocated for teaching children to genetically engineer plants. He thought without the playful urge of children, we’d never be able to create “warm blooded” plants capable of surviving on asteroids and the moon. He pointed out that there is a greater surface area on the asteroid belt than all the planets.<p>I still don’t know how he’d deal with atmosphere, but I love the vision. And, I learned that there are some exothermic plants, like Skunk Cabbage, that can chemically regulate their body temperature.<p>Like I said, I love the vision.