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Jun 25 2008, 12:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
We'll soon know what kinds of crops we can grow on Mars! Bonus, the fruits will be already freeze-dried!
Handy list of preferred pH's of common garden plants. -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jun 26 2008, 10:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"The 1 cubic meter (35 cubic feet) of soil was taken from about 1 inch below the surface of Mars and had a pH, or alkaline, level of 8 or 9. "
Oh boy. Did they take the cartoon of Phoenix burying itself seriously ? Doug |
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Jun 26 2008, 10:55 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 28-May 08 Member No.: 4152 |
Oh boy. Did they take the cartoon of Phoenix burying itself seriously ? Emily's blog is, as ever, far more informative - and suggests it was a cubic centimetre of soil sampled. Oh well, Reuters was only out by six orders of magnitude. ;-) |
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