The moon is a nice seat to visit , but you ’d never require to live there . Because of the deficiency of breathable zephyr ? Nah . There are no flowers . But now , scientists have successfully grow marigold in squelch anorthosite , a rough world - based soil that is quite alike to the stuff we see on the Sun Myung Moon .
While growing plants in what is fundamentally rock do not make for optimal immature - nurturing conditions , scientists realized that by lend various bacteria to the anorthosite , the plants were able to draw crucial food they need from the tilt . Better still , these bacteria are a tough breed of microbe , ready for the tough condition of the moon .
Obviously the plant life still postulate atmospheric enclosure , planned to include alga .
And though scientists are convinced that they can develop a variety of other plants on the moon ( like cabbage ) , they may or may not get to take part in moon visits scheduled for 2015 and after . [ telegraphviadigg ]
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