Illustration of potential appearance of a closed agricultural ecosystem on Mars.
Credit: Wageningen University and Research Centre
1 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.
2 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................
4 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.
5 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.)
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.
7 posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:03 AM PST by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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.
9 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.
10 posted on
12/05/2017 8:46:31 AM PST by
caligatrux
(Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
To: BenLurkin
I don't think this'll work in practice. Property rights are universal.
To: BenLurkin
Who knew there would be pig manure on Mars?
Does this imply that Mars is off limits to muslims?
15 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
16 posted on
12/05/2017 8:57:23 AM PST by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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.
19 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: BenLurkin
I was hoping for a plexi-glass dome, or something like that, where you could still see the sun. Living underground in artificial light seems like.... not fun.
24 posted on
12/05/2017 9:36:37 AM PST by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: BenLurkin
“The worms are the spice.”
25 posted on
12/05/2017 9:42:12 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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