2006-08-04 12:30:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
This experiment was actually tried with Moon soil during the Apollo Moon Mission period in our history. They found that moon dust was surprisingly fertile and well capable of supporting agriculture, especially due to the relatively high phosphorus content of Moon dust. However, Martian soil is unfortunately very salty, by and large, but the situation is not hopeless, since the soil can be washed of it's salt content, similar to what the Dutch do to the sea floor when they turn it into farmland.
2006-08-04 13:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it could be done, as long as we can get an idea of what the Alien soil consists of. For one, of we can get water there and the other, you need to have organic wastes mixed to the soil - this would become the nutrients the plant need to grow - Like Comport Manure.
Since we already know that there is only a remote possibility that there could be water and organic matter on alien soil, we can mix what we get on earth with it for it to be successful. Hopefully there wont be any harmful radiation in the soil.
2006-08-05 03:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by R G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you put lots of nutrients in that soil first. Plants get a lot of what they need to grow from the soil they are in, those nutrients come from other living (or formerly living) things. Alien soil is sterile, so taken as-is you wouldn't be able to grow anything in it.
2006-08-04 20:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet you are a big fan of Star Trek.
2006-08-04 19:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
test is in process
2006-08-04 19:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by stroby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hopefully, we gunna have to when we kill earth
2006-08-04 19:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by NNY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋