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Antarctica Greenhouse Produces Cucumbers, Tomatoes and More in Mars-Like Test
Space.com ^
| September 24, 2018 07:00am ET
| Elizabeth Howell,
Posted on 09/24/2018 7:13:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:13:36 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I worked with the woman that grew the first tomatoes at the Pole. That was over 30 years ago.
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:15:47 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: BenLurkin
[Regularly withstanding temperatures below minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit]
Crappy weather, but colonists would enjoy fresh vegetables.
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:24:11 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
To: BenLurkin
Did they filter the sun to account for the decreased intensity on Mars?
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:37:00 AM PDT
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: stars & stripes forever
Zabel tended to the planets Seems to be a spell checker issue...
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:38:36 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: BenLurkin
No 8-foot carrots?
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:39:16 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: mountainlion
They need to do what Columbus did when he came to New World, when he brought pigs with him. They multiply fast, eat garbage.
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posted on
09/24/2018 7:46:03 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(“A communist is a dead man on furlough.” Lenin)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds to me like they would have used up so much energy to grow these plats that it wouldn’t be viable for Mars. Lots of diesel or gasoline to run generators for light, heat, to melt snow and ice (?) to water them etc. For Mars would be easier to just take Vitamin C pills.
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:02:47 AM PDT
by
squarebarb
( Fairy tales are basically true.)
To: BenLurkin; PLMerite; All
Angers me no end when you frequently post good stuff and you get off topic silly contributions like this which detracts from the subject and make FR’s look like a bunch of jerks . What about a pic of the greenhouse mentioned
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:22:53 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
To: mosesdapoet; PLMerite
I don’t mind the joking and ribaldry, at all. It me helps me decompress from the daily barrage of bad news for America.
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:36:44 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mosesdapoet
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:39:02 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: marktwain
Zabel tended to the planets Just don't mention...the "U" planet....
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:40:03 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It’s wintertime there, so these are the most expensive veggies possible. Not much light ( some 60 days w/no sunrise) most of the time.
Veggies don’t grow unless there is enough light and the temps are around 70-85F, so the energy/fuel costs to generate such condition were enormous.
The infrastructure alone probably weighed in at 20+ tons- so not likely feasible to launch to anywhere.
Oh, yeah I forgot, microwaves in a open ended tank or solar sails or diLithium crystals are just on the horizon!
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posted on
09/24/2018 8:49:41 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
To: BenLurkin
Hmmm, not one word how it keeps up to temperature at your link or at the project’s site http://eden-iss.net/
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posted on
09/24/2018 9:10:14 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: BenLurkin
I guess a greenhouse that close to the pole doesn’t need windows to let the sun in like a traditional one...:^)
Energy balance numbers would be very interesting. How many gallons of fossil fuel did it take per pound of veggies grown?
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posted on
09/24/2018 9:22:43 AM PDT
by
az_gila
To: Manly Warrior
The Mars mission will need nuclear power to run the base anyways, so this is a good fit.
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posted on
09/24/2018 9:25:08 AM PDT
by
ClayinVA
("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
To: gundog
Did they filter the sun to account for the decreased intensity on Mars?The surface of Mars receives about 2.5 times the radiation received on the International Space Station.
To: nikos1121
Pizarro brought hundreds of diseased pigs and hundreds of diseased soldiers to Florida and took off inland spreading the plague which many have killed off 2 million Native Americans.
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posted on
09/24/2018 9:56:53 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: mountainlion
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posted on
09/24/2018 10:59:54 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(“A communist is a dead man on furlough.” Lenin)
To: nikos1121
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09/24/2018 12:25:05 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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