Re: Lunar soil, is it good for plants?

From: Matthew Ota (matthewota_at_bigvalley.net)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:12:22 GMT

There is no such thng as lunar "soil". Technically, the powder on the
surface of the boon and the broken rocks eneath are called "regolith"
which is a soil-like material without any biological content.
The same goes for Mars and the asteroids; there is no "soil", only regolith.

Matthew Ota

Bill Carson billcarson007REMOVE@REMOVEhotmail.com wrote:

> I been pondering what the grey moon soil is really like and whether
> you can simply "just add water" to make it suitable for plants!
> Seriously, does the soil on the moon need to have organic nutrients to
> support plants or can you turn lunar soil into growing soil just by
> adding water?
>
> You could argue the same for soil on Mars and the asteroids.
>
> BC
>

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