First tomatoes and peas harvested on Mars and moon soil simulant
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
The second experiment on how to grow crops on Mars and moon soil simulant have given a surprising outcome. As a result of what the researchers of Wageningen University & Research centre in the Netherlands learned from their first experiments, they were able to grow ten different crop species. Tomatoes, peas, rye, garden rocket, radish and garden cress were harvested.