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Very disappointing, i expected to see mature plants, sprouted seeds aren't anything to write about, they'll sprout as long as it's moist and warm. Most disappoi
by geoffmanning 4y ago
Very disappointing, i expected to see mature plants, sprouted seeds aren't anything to write about, they'll sprout as long as it's moist and warm. Most disappointing is that the scientists were surprised. Then again, this IS a university in Florida...
- CuriousCosmic 4y agoIt took them over a decade to get just a few grams of regolith for the test. You can't exactly support mature plants in a few grams of soil, particularly "soil" that is expected to perform poorly. Especially if you want to test multiple plants and therefore need to further subdivide the meager amounts of regolith they have. Proving this basic initial step will open up the avenue for further research with larger amounts of regolith in the hopefully near future.