NASA Scientists Grow Plants In Lunar Soil For First Time In History

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NASA Scientists Grow Plants In Lunar Soil For First Time In History

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See story at:
https://www.oann.com/nasa-scientists-gr ... n-history/
Not much really, but hey, it's a start. Or... maybe we should call it "one small step..." :)
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Re: NASA Scientists Grow Plants In Lunar Soil For First Time In History

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For those who are looking for more than a tweet, this is the article from Nature (Communications Biology):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03334-8

Somewhat expected:
"...our results show that growth is challenging; the lunar regolith plants were slow to develop and many showed severe stress morphologies."

Not expected:
...that anything could grow at all!
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