Simulated Martian and lunar soils sprout their first crops [feedly]

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Simulated Martian and lunar soils sprout their first crops
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

When and if colonists ever arrive on Mars, they're going to need something to eat … on a long-term, ongoing basis. That's why several research groups are looking into the feasibility of growing crops on the Red Planet. One of those teams, from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, previously tried growing food plants in simulations of both lunar and Martian soil. Although those tests proved unsuccessful, that wasn't the case the most recent time around.

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Category: Space

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