NASA is about to set up a vegetable garden on the moon

Radishes, basil and other plants can germinate on the moon in 2015 if the US Air and Space Administration's first world-class cultivation project (NASA) comes true.

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The aim of NASA was to find ways for the crew on the moon to plant trees there to give them comfort as Antarctic expeditions or astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) had experience.

One day, the rock on the moon can be used to grow vegetables.(Photo: nationalgeographic.com)

The first factors that could hinder the growth of the moon's crop growth are the absence of the atmosphere, as well as the solar radiation and ultra-high cosmic radiation bouncing on its surface.

Therefore, NASA must use a sealed box containing air to allow seeds to germinate on nutrient-permeable filter paper.

In about 5 to 10 days, the camera will monitor the germination process, the growth rate and the ability to grow in the moon's radiation conditions. These scenes will be shared with US schools, so students can make such a box themselves and compare the growth rate of trees in the box in the earth and moon.

The box is expected to be put on the moon in 2015. NASA's project is based on the work of Bernard Foing, a research center for the European Space Agency (ESA) in Nordwijk - Netherlands. In 2008, Mr. Foing and his colleagues showed that plants that grow on crushed rocks have the same composition as the surface of the moon.

While the anti-radioactive laws prevent the desire to plant trees on the moon, the ESA's test results show that in a day, the moon's soil could be brought inside and made a closed garden in it.