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From https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/lunar-plants/ https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/lunar-plants/, "Paul and Ferl applied three times over the course of 11 years for
by zimpenfish 4y ago
From https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/lunar-plants/ https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/lunar-plants/,
"Paul and Ferl applied three times over the course of 11 years for a chance to work with the lunar regolith."
Sounds like people had the idea a while back but apparently getting even just 12 grams of regolith from the [checks notes] 382kg NASA have is a bit tricky.
(Anyone know why NASA are reluctant to let people have regolith?)
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- bagels 4y agoYou can only use it once before it gets earth contamination. It's been 50 years an we haven't got anymore. Even though there are missions planned the might lose funding or fail, so who knows when they might get more? Also, science advanced with time, if it's all used up, we wouldn't be able to use future tech to analyze it.