More Martian coolness

[andygates]

The Mars Phoenix probe has done some wet chemistry with a soil sample.  The soil's got a pH of 8-9 and 'contains nutrients', say the team, 'you could grow asparagus in it.'

I love the idea that you could plonk down on another freaking planet and throw up an oxygen tent and a heater, plant out your seeds in the dirt and it would just work.

Comments

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

That is very cool. Although, asparagus doesn't grow from seed. >.>

http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2006/03/planting_asparagus.html

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Damn rhizomes!

[andygates.livejournal.com]

I'm a rotter. But my Twitterfox is down ;)

[maythen-apple.livejournal.com]

that's just spiffy, though alien asperigi seems a little *slated for doom*

maybe carrots