Sometimes i ask myself,in all the medieval war, most of the main reasons have been the issue of increase in territory. Though the reason behind the quest for land and domination varies, but i believe that with the rate of increase in population, let me say in 2000 years to come people will be larger in number than the amount of food we can produce.
the need of human moving to another planet to live is a definite event that will come to be. the reserches of today are now makeing way to see that we are more prepared for the event.
Abundant harvests of radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes all grown on the soil were found to contain "no dangerous levels" of heavy metals, said the team from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
"These remarkable results are very promising," said senior ecologist Wieger Wamelink.
"We can actually eat the radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes, and I am very curious what they will taste like."
Future Mars settlers will have to take food supplies with them and then plant crops in order to survive.
So using soil developed by NASA to resemble that of the red planet, the university has been experimenting since 2013 and has managed to raise 10 crops.
But uncertainty remains about whether they would absorb the high levels of heavy metals such cadmium, copper and lead, present in Mars soil.
Further tests are now needed on the remaining six crops, including potatoes, in research which is being backed by a crowd-funding campaign.
NASA plans a manned trip to Mars within the next 10 to 15 years or so, and similar projects are also being pursued by US billionaire Elon Musk and the Dutch company Mars One, tentatively aiming to set up human colonies on the Red Planet.
The Mars One project has backed the Wageningen experiments and is currently undertaking a third selection to whittle down the remaining 100 candidates hoping to be among their astronauts to 40.
"It's important to test as many crops as possible, to make sure that settlers on Mars have access to a broad variety of different food sources," said Wamelink.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-dutch-crops-grown-mars-soil.html#jCp
Abundant harvests of radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes all grown on the soil were found to contain "no dangerous levels" of heavy metals, said the team from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
"These remarkable results are very promising," said senior ecologist Wieger Wamelink.
"We can actually eat the radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes, and I am very curious what they will taste like."
Future Mars settlers will have to take food supplies with them and then plant crops in order to survive.
So using soil developed by NASA to resemble that of the red planet, the university has been experimenting since 2013 and has managed to raise 10 crops.
But uncertainty remains about whether they would absorb the high levels of heavy metals such cadmium, copper and lead, present in Mars soil.
Further tests are now needed on the remaining six crops, including potatoes, in research which is being backed by a crowd-funding campaign.
NASA plans a manned trip to Mars within the next 10 to 15 years or so, and similar projects are also being pursued by US billionaire Elon Musk and the Dutch company Mars One, tentatively aiming to set up human colonies on the Red Planet.
The Mars One project has backed the Wageningen experiments and is currently undertaking a third selection to whittle down the remaining 100 candidates hoping to be among their astronauts to 40.
"It's important to test as many crops as possible, to make sure that settlers on Mars have access to a broad variety of different food sources," said Wamelink.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-dutch-crops-grown-mars-soil.html#jCp
the need of human moving to another planet to live is a definite event that will come to be. the reserches of today are now makeing way to see that we are more prepared for the event.
Dutch scientists said Thursday crops
of four vegetables and cereals grown on soil similar to that on Mars have been
found safe to eat, amid plans for the first manned mission to the planet.
Abundant harvests of radishes, peas,
rye and tomatoes all grown on the soil were found to contain "no dangerous
levels" of heavy metals, said the team from Wageningen University in the
Netherlands.
"These remarkable results are
very promising," said senior ecologist Wieger Wamelink.
"We can actually eat the
radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes, and I am very curious what they will taste
like."
Future Mars settlers will have to
take food supplies with them and then plant crops in order to survive.
So using soil developed by NASA to
resemble that of the red planet, the university has been experimenting since
2013 and has managed to raise 10 crops.
But uncertainty remains about
whether they would absorb the high levels of heavy metals such cadmium, copper
and lead, present in Mars soil.
Further tests are now needed on the
remaining six crops, including potatoes, in research which is being backed by a
crowd-funding campaign.
NASA plans a manned trip to Mars
within the next 10 to 15 years or so, and similar projects are also being
pursued by US billionaire Elon Musk and the Dutch company Mars One, tentatively
aiming to set up human colonies on the Red Planet.
The Mars One project has backed the
Wageningen experiments and is currently undertaking a third selection to
whittle down the remaining 100 candidates hoping to be among their astronauts
to 40.
"It's important to test as many
crops as possible, to make sure that settlers on Mars have access to a broad
variety of different food sources," said Wamelink.
Dutch
scientists said Thursday crops of four vegetables and cereals grown on
soil similar to that on Mars have been found safe to eat, amid plans for
the first manned mission to the planet.
Abundant harvests of radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes all grown on the soil were found to contain "no dangerous levels" of heavy metals, said the team from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
"These remarkable results are very promising," said senior ecologist Wieger Wamelink.
"We can actually eat the radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes, and I am very curious what they will taste like."
Future Mars settlers will have to take food supplies with them and then plant crops in order to survive.
So using soil developed by NASA to resemble that of the red planet, the university has been experimenting since 2013 and has managed to raise 10 crops.
But uncertainty remains about whether they would absorb the high levels of heavy metals such cadmium, copper and lead, present in Mars soil.
Further tests are now needed on the remaining six crops, including potatoes, in research which is being backed by a crowd-funding campaign.
NASA plans a manned trip to Mars within the next 10 to 15 years or so, and similar projects are also being pursued by US billionaire Elon Musk and the Dutch company Mars One, tentatively aiming to set up human colonies on the Red Planet.
The Mars One project has backed the Wageningen experiments and is currently undertaking a third selection to whittle down the remaining 100 candidates hoping to be among their astronauts to 40.
"It's important to test as many crops as possible, to make sure that settlers on Mars have access to a broad variety of different food sources," said Wamelink.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-dutch-crops-grown-mars-soil.html#jCp
Dutch
scientists said Thursday crops of four vegetables and cereals grown on
soil similar to that on Mars have been found safe to eat, amid plans for
the first manned mission to the planet.
Abundant harvests of radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes all grown on the soil were found to contain "no dangerous levels" of heavy metals, said the team from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
"These remarkable results are very promising," said senior ecologist Wieger Wamelink.
"We can actually eat the radishes, peas, rye and tomatoes, and I am very curious what they will taste like."
Future Mars settlers will have to take food supplies with them and then plant crops in order to survive.
So using soil developed by NASA to resemble that of the red planet, the university has been experimenting since 2013 and has managed to raise 10 crops.
But uncertainty remains about whether they would absorb the high levels of heavy metals such cadmium, copper and lead, present in Mars soil.
Further tests are now needed on the remaining six crops, including potatoes, in research which is being backed by a crowd-funding campaign.
NASA plans a manned trip to Mars within the next 10 to 15 years or so, and similar projects are also being pursued by US billionaire Elon Musk and the Dutch company Mars One, tentatively aiming to set up human colonies on the Red Planet.
The Mars One project has backed the Wageningen experiments and is currently undertaking a third selection to whittle down the remaining 100 candidates hoping to be among their astronauts to 40.
"It's important to test as many crops as possible, to make sure that settlers on Mars have access to a broad variety of different food sources," said Wamelink.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-dutch-crops-grown-mars-soil.html#jCp
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