▲ 481 ▼ Scientists Have Just Successfully Grown Chickpeas In Simulated Moon Dirt For The First Time Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi To Absorb Nutrients And Water. (dailygalaxy.com) submitted 8 months ago by RegularJoe@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) [..] then once plants get started it will work towards making even more compost/soil. Compost is biomaterial so it manly consists of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. The only part of that you can find on the moon is oxygen, so you can't expand beyond the amount of air and biomass (manly food) you ship from earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago You can also find hydrogen in the water at the poles. Nitrogen, yep, that's a big one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 1 point 8 months ago Yes, but this means you don't have to take dirt with you as well. Dirt is heavy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) [..] then once plants get started it will work towards making even more compost/soil. Compost is biomaterial so it manly consists of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. The only part of that you can find on the moon is oxygen, so you can't expand beyond the amount of air and biomass (manly food) you ship from earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago You can also find hydrogen in the water at the poles. Nitrogen, yep, that's a big one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 1 point 8 months ago Yes, but this means you don't have to take dirt with you as well. Dirt is heavy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago You can also find hydrogen in the water at the poles. Nitrogen, yep, that's a big one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 1 point 8 months ago Yes, but this means you don't have to take dirt with you as well. Dirt is heavy. permalink fedilink source parent