More Martian coolness
Jun. 27th, 2008 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesThe 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.
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.
