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Halifax Regional Police release Dartmouth suspect’s name and photo | SaltWire #news #novascotia - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It simply would be too costly and risky to rely upon rocket deliveries to meet the food needs of colonists. With this in mind, scientists are exploring ways to optimize space farming.
The crops were grown in simulated Martian regolith - soil with no organic matter - developed by NASA researchers that is a near-perfect physical and chemical match to real Martian soil. The researchers added beneficial bacteria and nutrients. They also controlled the gases, temperature and humidity inside the greenhouse to match conditions expected in a Martian greenhouse.
"Flying in food is very costly and also vulnerable. You do not want to end up on Mars without anything to eat, like in the film 'The Martian.' Our main goal is to use as much as possible from the resources at the site," Wamelink added. The carrot yield showed a statistically significant decline in intercropping and the peas yield had no statistically significant change, Gonçalves said.
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