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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, 11:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
The free-style mixing of standard units and metric ought to be blacklisted in Mars exploration PR.
Some people -- you give 'em an inch, and they'll take a hectare. |
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Jun 27 2008, 07:40 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
Non-metric has to go. It just acts as a fog. Careful! It's an American mission. If they get antsy it'll more likely be the metric measures which will get scrapped, in which case you guys are going to have to learn to live with feet and miles as well as inches. Some people -- you give 'em an inch, and they'll take a hectare. Mixing measures of length with measures of area in your metaphors serves only to confuse rather than to clarify. ====== Stephen |
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