Soil on moon and Mars likely to support crops

ScienceDaily
Oct 15, 2019, 11:53 am15 pts
Researchers have produced crops in Mars and moon soil simulant developed by NASA. The research supports the idea that it would not only be possible to grow food on Mars and the moon to feed future settlers, but also to obtain viable seed from crops grown there.

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