 Making Mars A Vegetable Garden |
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 Nov 25 2005, 07:16 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 22-November 05 Member No.: 14,730  |
I've just came across this article from CNN.com and it says that NASA is attempting to make vegetables grow on Mars. Sound kinda impossible but hey, nothing's impossible.
 here's a link to it. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/23/t...e.ap/index.html |
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Nov 25 2005, 12:14 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 22-November 05 From: Israel Member No.: 14,752 |
Good idea to test Mars! I hope that they will succeed and we will enjoy eating Mars-ian vegetables! Do you think they will have strange taste?
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Nov 25 2005, 02:04 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 30-October 05 Member No.: 13,569 |
I don't think they're actually growing them ON Mars, but it would be cool if they could. I'd totally buy some Mars produce
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Nov 25 2005, 02:31 PM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 24-November 05 Member No.: 14,840 |
They havn't even gone to mars yet let alone grow anything. Maybe they should get someone to land there and see mars for itself, then try differant things such as growing plants, living there and doing all differant types of research.
Anyway it's best to see their results and to see what they come up with... |
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Nov 25 2005, 08:59 PM
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Braindead by Default Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 5-November 05 From: United States of America Member No.: 13,837 |
This article never claimed that they are growing plants on Mars; it is just saying that, in order to establish a colony on Mars, they will need to.
Plants, from what I've read, CAN grow on Mars (at least in theory), since it's soil is fairly fertile, there is pleanty of water (frozen), the air is thick enough for plants and has enough carbon dioxide to support them. The only problem is the extreme cold, but if one builds a greenhouse of sorts, that may be able to be at least partially remedied. |
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Nov 25 2005, 09:34 PM
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Trap Double Mocha Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 2,220 Joined: 5-November 05 From: That one place over there... Member No.: 13,830 |
Like Cebral said they could maybe grow them on Mars but that isn't what they said they were going to do. I would like to see if they could grow them on mars. I bet they could grow apple trees during part of the year there. I would like to see what different types of plants they could grow if any at all. It would take a lot of work and experimenting to get them started. It would help astronauts out a bit giving them more area to produce more food. I don't think it would taste much different except maybe because it absorbs different tasting water maybe with different chemicals. It would take a lot of expermienting.
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Nov 26 2005, 10:22 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,134 Joined: 19-May 05 From: Mexico Member No.: 7,234 |
Cool, alien vegetables. I wonder where they are going to get enough oxygen for 3 years. What if they get sick from some of the parasites that inhabit there? Wow, I didnt say that. I hope they dont because Im really excited about mankind finally stepping in to another planet. I wish I couldve been a member of that crew.
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Nov 26 2005, 11:42 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 268 Joined: 10-October 05 From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Member No.: 12,762 |
I hope it works out. If this is to work then it would be possible to send a man to mars and sustain him there if the food that could be grown is editable. You would also be able to provide the oxygen that is needed to keep a human alive. It will be very interesting to see how this is going to work out.
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Nov 27 2005, 01:27 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Scotland Member No.: 5,976 |
QUOTE(Arigato @ Nov 27 2005, 12:42 AM) I hope it works out. If this is to work then it would be possible to send a man to mars and sustain him there if the food that could be grown is editable. You would also be able to provide the oxygen that is needed to keep a human alive. It will be very interesting to see how this is going to work out.  ..Perhaps if they end up with a barrier...(to keep oxygen from floating away)...the plants could be doing the providing of oxygen..as we all know they take in the CO2 ..and oxygen is made..but that wil need alot of plants for vegitation to provide oxygen alone  ...mabye if they can make some sort of atmosphere ...or somthing like in that arnold shwazznegger movie "total recall" .
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