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The new discipline of 'astroecology' involves growing plants directly in extraterrestrial environments.
Most experiments that involve growing plants in space have typically involved growing them in as Earth-like an environment as possible aboard the space station or where the conditions on the surface of our own planet can be readily replicated.
Chemistry professor Michael Mautner however has been taking a different approach, instead opting to grow plants in materials taken from asteroids or other extraterrestrial environments.
His main goal is to be able to grow plants on other worlds without having to rely on replicating Earth's environment in order to do so.
"People have been talking about terraforming, but what I’m trying to do is give some concrete evidence that it’s possible to do this, that it’s possible to grow in extraterrestrial materials," he said.
"What I’ve found is that a range of microorganisms - bacteria, fungi, and even asparagus and potato plants - can survive with the nutrients that are in extraterrestrial materials."
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
Great Find!
Imagine all the Possibilities we can Learn from This Research!
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
a reply to: Rainbowresidue
I know this could sound inhumane, but we could test the food on death row inmates?
Instead of feeding it to animals because this research is to find the humane race better mean of nutrition.
Many dastardly experiments have been done in positive motion for science and mankind. I'm sure TPTB have already "required" test subjects.
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
a reply to: Rainbowresidue
I know this could sound inhumane, but we could test the food on death row inmates?
Instead of feeding it to animals because this research is to find the humane race better mean of nutrition.
Many dastardly experiments have been done in positive motion for science and mankind. I'm sure TPTB have already "required" test subjects.
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
a reply to: Char-Lee
Yesh!!! Doom Porn!!!