Budeme pestovať pšenicu aj na mesiaci?
Aj táto myšlienka nemusí byť nerealizovateľná. Výnosnosť by mala byť o 20% vyššia ako na Zemi.
Is the world really facing some shortage of food. Don’t worry, there is an answer to all your daal-chawal woes.
“The US has predicted that its corn crop estimates for moon would be 20 per cent higher at 50,000 tonnes for 2020 and that it could compensate for the losses due to drought in Kansas and Florida.”
“Brazil, India, China, Vietnam and other countries are also expecting a bumper crop from their plant varieties cultivated in the moon.”
Pakistan has also announced that it might cultivate cotton in the north pole of the moon. If you find all these statements just a joke, read on:
Scientists with the European Space Agency (ESA) say the day when flowers bloom on the Moon has come closer.
An ESA-linked team has shown that marigolds can grow in crushed rock like the lunar surface, with no need for plant food.
With this experiment, some see growing plants on the Moon as a step towards human habitation.
Článok: www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php
26.04.2008
