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-Zinnia is a runtime for Filecoin Station modules.
-
-It provides a sandboxed environment to execute untrusted code on consumer-grade
-computers.
+> Zinnia,
+> [named after the first flower to blossom in space](https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/first-flower-grown-in-space-stations-veggie-facility),
+> is the runtime for
+> [Station](https://github.com/filecoin-station/filecoin-station) modules. It
+> allows anyone - even untrusted parties - to deploy modules to Stations
+> wordwide.