For a long time, geologists at the University of Florida have wanted to investigate the efficacy of lunar soil for plant growth, but the soil is in scarce supply. But their dream finally seems to have been fulfilled as University of Florida researchers have bwen able to successfully grow plants in moon soil.
NASA intends to return to the moon later this decade with the objective of establishing a permanent facility there. However, because delivering supplies to the moon will be outrageously costly, researchers are looking for other ways to sustain Earth's inaugural space inhabitants.
Plants have been grown on dirt collected from the lunar surface by geologists at the University of Florida.
The selected plant is something that you have most likely seen and might not have heard of: The weed Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) can be seen growing beside roadways, in crevices in brickwork, and even in parking garages. It was selected for its durability as well as the fact that...