On the Martian soil cultivated edible vegetables.
Scientists from the Netherlands to grow is suitable for eating vegetables and grains on the soil, which is identical to the soil on Mars.
The researchers said that the harvest is not recorded in any hazardous substances or excess level of heavy metals.
On the Martian soil to grow radishes, peas, rye, and tomatoes. This experiment is important for future expeditions to the Red planet, as the journey will be long. The first settlers on Mars will have to take the food which will not last long. And the place you need to start growing different crops in order to survive.
The most pressing question remains whether vegetables and cereals to absorb heavy metals which are present in large numbers in the soil of Mars. Currently, biologists are conducting tests on six vegetable crops, including potato.
Earlier it was reported that the astronauts managed to grow mushrooms, samples of which were taken in the valleys of McMurdo station on the Victoria Land in Antarctica, in conditions simulating the Martian, on the International space station.
But experts at the American space Agency NASA planted potatoes in the ground, identical to what is on Mars. This astronomers help scientists from the International research Agency in the field of botany and plant breeding. If the study is a success, in the near future the cultivation of potatoes on the planet will be a reality.
According to forecasts by the famous British scientist Stephen Hawking, the colonization of Mars will happen within the next hundred years. “This is the closest Earth-like planet with the soil and the atmosphere. Although to colonize the moon would be easier — it is only three days flight from Earth) — (development) Mars is a more interesting challenge, and would require the creation of a genuinely Autonomous colonies,” he said.
