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A 'Martian' First: Earthworms Born in Mock Mars Soil
Space.com ^
| December 4, 2017 07:00am ET
| Doris Elin Salazar, Contributor |
Posted on 12/05/2017 8:37:39 AM PST by BenLurkin
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Illustration of potential appearance of a closed agricultural ecosystem on Mars.
Credit: Wageningen University and Research Centre
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:37:40 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I’m underwhelmed with the achievement of growing worms in manure-enriched soil. They didn’t even get actual soil from Mars, just a knockoff.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:39:50 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I want to go to Colombia!)
To: BenLurkin
Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is
The Giant Brain-Sucking Mutant Earthworms From Mars.
To: BenLurkin
There’s pig manure on Mars?...........Well at least it’ll be off limits to muzzies................
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:42:56 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: BenLurkin
NASA-made Martian soil simulants made from volcanic terrestrial rocks and pig manure Kind of reminds me of the old joke about the scientist who told God that we were now so advanced that we could make life out of nothing, just like Him.
"Show me", says God.
The scientist bends down and scoops up some dirt and starts to put it in a beaker.
"Hold on!", says God. "Get your own dirt!."
If you need pig manure to have worms born in Martian soil, then I don't see what you are accomplishing.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:42:59 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
Requires Martian pigs to work...
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:44:21 AM PST
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: BenLurkin
The researchers also found that the holes that worms dig in the soil aerate the mixture and improve the soil's structure, making it easier for water to penetrate the soil and nourish plants.Seriously, they just found this out? My parents, grand parents, and their ancestors must now be elevated from simple farmers to future prophets.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:03 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Rio
Works for potatoes, too...
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:05 AM PST
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: BenLurkin
True Martian soil is biologically inert. There are no microbes and no possibility of life taking hold. It would take decades to introduce enough fertilizer and microbial life before even the possibility of the first shoot of plant life could be hoped for.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:13 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: BenLurkin
Let’s just launch a rocket full of earthworms, bugs, and various and assorted life from extreme conditions on earth, and send it up to Mars. See what happens.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:31 AM PST
by
caligatrux
(Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
To: Tax-chick
Yes, but the plan to use pig manure may keep the planet terrorist free.
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:51:11 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
I don't think this'll work in practice. Property rights are universal.
To: DoodleBob
For those who can “grok” it!
;)
++++++++++++++++++++
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:56:24 AM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: rjsimmon
Read an article about this a couple of years ago, potatoes would not grow in Martian soil due to sulfur issues. Way to much in solution.
To: BenLurkin
Who knew there would be pig manure on Mars?
Does this imply that Mars is off limits to muslims?
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:57:21 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
To: BenLurkin
Silly me, I thought worms were hatched not born
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posted on
12/05/2017 8:57:23 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: phormer phrog phlyer
Hank, we're transferring you to Mars. It appears there is now a job for a County Agent there.
To: BenLurkin
Good, but it’s not Mars. Planning to colonize Mars?
To: BenLurkin
Just genetically splice worms with Old Spice and turn Mars into a Dune planet.
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posted on
12/05/2017 9:07:45 AM PST
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
To: caligatrux
caligatrux wrote: “Lets just launch a rocket full of earthworms, bugs, and various and assorted life from extreme conditions on earth, and send it up to Mars. See what happens.”
You’ll never get all the environmental permits.
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posted on
12/05/2017 9:07:57 AM PST
by
DugwayDuke
("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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