Growing Plants On Mars

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Researchers at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands are growing plants in soil which has the same composition as soil found on Mars and on the Moon. The team has planted 14 different species of plants in pots filled with soil provided by researchers at NASA, who used a mixture of elements that exist on Earth. Most of the Mars composite soil comes from a volcanic area on Hawaii - and is almost identical to samples brought from Mars by Viking 1. euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts. Subscribe for your dose of space and sci-tech (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) http://eurone.ws/Y9QTy3 Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe.

Published 2013-10-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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