Flowers to be planted on the moon!
- added April 27, 2008
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- kezzy
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Apparently it works... the conditions can easily be reproduced. Lunar soil can be used to grow flowers in with the addition of certain bacteria. Astronauts could create a simple hothouse with an easy watering system, add to the grind coat bacteria and seeds, and soon our natural sputnik will be covered with flowers that will bloom for at least one moon hour.
Flowers can be planted with robots’ help long before people will land on the Moon.
Wouldn't it be beautiful to have flowers on the moon, instead of the barren lifeless expanse we know today.
Flowers can be planted with robots’ help long before people will land on the Moon.
Wouldn't it be beautiful to have flowers on the moon, instead of the barren lifeless expanse we know today.
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The article makes it sound simple, yet there's the whole low-g, randome bursts of intense solar radiation, and of course the costly transportation of water. Even if the plants were genetically altered to consume less water, water is very difficult and heavy to move around. It's a neat idea but it'll be many years before we see anything that could be considered “alive” on the moon, including us.
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