Comments on: Scientists grow plants in lunar soil brought by from Apollo missions https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/ Thu, 19 May 2022 00:53:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steven Carleton https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1331282 Thu, 19 May 2022 00:53:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1331282 SpaceX or other enterprises will make big money selling lunar materials returned from the moon.
Could even cover the cost of the mission…

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1330197 Mon, 16 May 2022 02:47:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1330197 You can not just till in the plants.
Remember that the plants grow by drawing stuff out of the soil. By tilling them back in your just putting that same stuff back in. Maybe a little changed for a better organic material but essentially the same stuff goes back.

In order to organically break down anything in the soil you need to first add all the bugs and microbes we have on earth.

The other problem with lunar soil(rigolith) is it needs to be dulled so it does not cut and damage roots. With out natural weathering it stays very sharp like broken glass.
The men who went to the moon experienced far more ware and tear from the dust than they ever expected. It almost cut through some areas of their suits.

It can be done but its not easy or quick.

]]> By: Star Bird https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1329393 Fri, 13 May 2022 22:25:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1329393 I cant wait to see the Pea-pods like maybe Invasion of the Body Snatchers for real

]]> By: Joe https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1329221 Fri, 13 May 2022 14:44:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1329221 The time to get the materials for this experiment are crazy stupid. As far as missed opportunities, are the scientists on this experiment using an old farm technique of tilling under some of the plants they grew to help enrich the regolith? That would be an interesting long term study. Can you take lunar dust and make it a viable medium for plants to thrive? It would certainly be faster and cheaper than trying to genetically engineer plants to grow on the moon. Who knows what will happen to them in lunar gravity.

]]> By: pawn https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1329203 Fri, 13 May 2022 13:46:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1329203 Well there’s also a way at looking at this as most scientists that have studied this have previously concluded that lunar dust or “soil” as they call it here is worthless as a plant growth media.

There also a story that goes around about some scientist taking a bunch of it home and putting it in his microwave. Seems that little experiment started something of interest.

]]> By: BtB’s Original Mark https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1329170 Fri, 13 May 2022 12:18:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1329170 Lunar soil grown pot could be a big business in the future. For those future entrepreneurs who believe in Capitalism in Space here are some product names to consider (if any are a big hit send a small cut of profits to the future Behind the Black Foundation).
Walking On The Moon
Moondance
Harvest Moon
Pink Moon
Bark at the Moon
Neon Moon
Howling At The Moon
Moonlight Shadow
Blue Moon
Hollow Moon
Moon Trance

]]> By: Lee S https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1329027 Fri, 13 May 2022 07:00:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1329027 I’m guessing that permission was finally given when the light dawned on the marble heads that lunar samples will soon be returning on a regular basis.

I fully expect private business to start shipping moon rocks back to earth in the relatively near future… There is a very viable business case to be made for lunar sample return missions, although I doubt I will be around to have a moon rock sitting next to my meteorite collection.

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1328980 Fri, 13 May 2022 04:33:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1328980 Hmm. Space Weed grow houses in lava tube green houses fed by solar panel farms and processed lunar water ice.

“Dude, I’m really sorry I forgot to sufficiently dog the outer airlock hatch. My bad.”

“I guess we’ll have to start over.”

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1328974 Fri, 13 May 2022 04:14:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1328974 Clearly, the Apollo 18 horror-I mean historical documents had some effect.

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1328952 Fri, 13 May 2022 03:04:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1328952 “These lunar samples were brought back so that scientists could study it, not so that it could be locked away in a vault forever never to be touched. To make this very intelligence experiment wait 11 years before getting permission is absurd.”

This wasn’t one of the first experiments that they did with the lunar soil? Apparently, NASA wasn’t as eager to go back to the Moon as we had thought, all these decades.

I do not think that I saw any kind of “control” groups, plants grown alongside them but in Earth soil or hydroponically in order to compare growth rates. Considering the length of time it took to get a small lunar soil sample, this may have been a missed opportunity.

]]> By: Concerned https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1328854 Thu, 12 May 2022 23:22:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1328854 Same fake scientists that will lobby to prevent humans from going to Mars, for fear of “contamination”, or “planetary protection”.

]]> By: John hare https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-grow-plants-in-lunar-soil-brought-by-from-apollo-missions/#comment-1328851 Thu, 12 May 2022 23:20:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=84694#comment-1328851 Waiting a half century to start an experiment seems absurd.

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