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 Jun 25 2008, 12:18 AM
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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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"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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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 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 27 2008, 12:11 AM)  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.  QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 27 2008, 09:02 AM) 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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Juramike WCL (Wet Chemistry Lab) sample Jun 25 2008, 12:18 AM
CosmicRocker That's really a difficult question to answer, ... Jun 25 2008, 06:28 AM djellison 'Don't know, it'll be interesting to f... Jun 25 2008, 09:38 AM Doc Considering the fact that there is water ice and s... Jun 25 2008, 10:08 AM tuvas My money is on fairly acidic. Jun 25 2008, 01:49 PM BrianL Oh man, my camp is dead last! The curse of the... Jun 25 2008, 03:32 PM centsworth_II The results indicate that, as a group.... we don... Jun 25 2008, 03:40 PM peter59 The robotic arm has just delivered the first sampl... Jun 25 2008, 08:44 PM Cargo Cult The universe's first, interplanetary Pot Noodl... Jun 25 2008, 09:02 PM djellison Poll = Fail
The results from the first sample... Jun 26 2008, 05:52 PM
tedstryk Someone spilled the baking soda....that explains a... Jun 26 2008, 06:00 PM Juramike QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 26 2008, 01:00 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 06:48 PM tedstryk QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 26 2008, 07:48 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 07:54 PM Juramike QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 26 2008, 02:54 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 08:04 PM ugordan QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 26 2008, 10:04 PM) ... Jun 26 2008, 08:05 PM elakdawalla News: WCL analysis indicates pH of "8 or 9.... Jun 26 2008, 05:52 PM Bill Harris Not surprising. The pH is a rather quirky paramet... Jun 26 2008, 07:00 PM TheChemist High -OH does not have to be present in the origin... Jun 26 2008, 07:44 PM dburt QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jun 26 2008, 12:44 PM... Jun 26 2008, 08:20 PM djellison Poll now closed, because that would be like...chea... Jun 26 2008, 07:50 PM Airbag QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 26 2008, 02:50 PM)... Jun 26 2008, 08:50 PM TheChemist DOI: 10.1306/74D70E75-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D
D... Jun 26 2008, 09:18 PM fredk QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jun 26 2008, 09:18 PM... Jun 26 2008, 09:39 PM Juramike I was biased by the prospect of acidic windblown d... Jun 26 2008, 09:29 PM Cargo Cult Apparently we're all going to be eating aspara... Jun 26 2008, 10:31 PM bcory QUOTE (Cargo Cult @ Jun 26 2008, 06:31 PM... Jun 26 2008, 11:52 PM Juramike QUOTE (Cargo Cult @ Jun 26 2008, 05:31 PM... Jun 27 2008, 02:42 AM Cargo Cult QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 27 2008, 12:36 AM)... Jun 26 2008, 10:55 PM ngunn I agree. Non-metric has to go. It just acts as a f... Jun 26 2008, 11:11 PM BrianL QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 26 2008, 06:11 PM) but... Jun 26 2008, 11:47 PM siravan What does a pH of 8-9 do to the "missing carb... Jun 27 2008, 12:44 AM dburt QUOTE (siravan @ Jun 26 2008, 05:44 PM) W... Jun 28 2008, 12:30 AM ngunn Note for admin - the top quote in post 34 there is... Jun 27 2008, 08:08 AM ngunn Back on the pH, I have a question for the chemists... Jun 27 2008, 11:07 AM Juramike QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 27 2008, 06:07 AM) Bac... Jun 27 2008, 06:20 PM TheChemist Just to clarify things I wrote earlier in this thr... Jun 27 2008, 01:39 PM nprev Hmm. What does this tell us (if anything at all) a... Jun 27 2008, 06:40 PM Juramike QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 27 2008, 01:40 PM) Hmm... Jun 27 2008, 10:52 PM dburt QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 27 2008, 11:40 AM) Hmm... Jun 27 2008, 11:16 PM Bill Harris pH is a quirky parameter and we may be putting too... Jun 28 2008, 12:47 PM elakdawalla It's not really the media's fault. The Ph... Jun 28 2008, 02:44 PM TheChemist I really wish the panelists were a bit more conser... Jun 28 2008, 03:15 PM Bill Harris <sigh>, in a manner of speaking, this ... Jun 28 2008, 04:18 PM Juramike Well....in one sense the press has picked up on a ... Jun 28 2008, 05:02 PM belleraphon1 QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 28 2008, 12:02 PM) ... Jun 28 2008, 06:49 PM Bill Harris QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 28 2008, 12:02 PM) ... Jun 28 2008, 09:55 PM Juramike QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jun 28 2008, 05:55 P... Jun 28 2008, 11:01 PM nprev Mike, you consistently amaze me with your ability ... Jun 28 2008, 06:28 PM Shaka Daisy World, here we come! Jun 28 2008, 11:23 PM edstrick On a world with a probable history of a magma ocea... Jun 29 2008, 08:56 AM Bill Harris I don't know much about heavy-metal content of... Jun 29 2008, 01:54 PM SickNick Full inline quote removed - Admin.
An Undifferent... Jun 29 2008, 05:05 PM dvandorn That's sort of a matter of degree, isn't i... Jun 29 2008, 05:44 PM jmknapp Just saw this article in the Telegraph:
QUOTE Mar... Jun 29 2008, 09:52 PM Juramike Major elements and trace elements (in order), requ... Jun 29 2008, 10:10 PM antipode The bizarre flora of long isolated New Caledonia i... Jun 29 2008, 11:11 PM nprev ...cool mnemonic, Mike!
This whole spin-up is... Jun 29 2008, 11:33 PM Ipparchus Irrelevant and full in line quote of last post rem... Jul 7 2008, 07:35 AM bergadder "
July 7, 2008 -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lan... Jul 8 2008, 01:12 AM akuo There is a dark image here, but by adjusting brigh... Jul 7 2008, 01:13 PM TheChemist Some tidbits from the July 1st entry of Dr Tom Pik... Jul 13 2008, 10:20 AM marsbug I'd guess that the alkaline soil is one piece ... Jul 13 2008, 01:28 PM gallen_53 QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jul 13 2008, 11:20 AM... Jul 13 2008, 08:59 PM Shaka Unless you show that the latter "get your lau... Jul 14 2008, 06:56 AM |
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