Placeholder while article actions loadPlants can grow in lunar soil. Researchers labored to get the lunar soil to gradually soak up water. Advertisement“The idea of bringing lunar soil into a lunar greenhouse is the stuff of exploration dreams,” Ferl said. And their roots did not grow straight like the roots from seedlings planted in simulated lunar soil that served as the control substance for the experiment. But plants could be genetically engineered to be more adaptable to lunar soil.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2022 22:35 UTC