12 May 2022, 05:01 PM
AxtremusPlanting in Moon Dirt
Scientific paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8Report in popular press:
https://www.wired.com/story/re...llected-decades-ago/Scientists managed to grow plants in moon dirt collected by the Apollo missions back in the 1970s.
Quite fascinating to read how the plants react to the unusual textures and chemical compositions of the moon dirt that are very different from Earth dirt.