Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-07 to 2023-12.
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Using in-situ resources like lunar regolith is the most logical way to support long-term plant growth for humans in space.
“for the moon or mars the most logical thing to grow plants in is of course the regulator”
StarTalk · Jul 2022 · 1 episode · 114K views on this topicMartian regolith requires pre-treatment to neutralize toxic perchlorates before it can be safely used to grow food for human consumption.
“the first thing we're trying to do with plant trk is we're trying to deal with this big El this big Chlor proc chlorite elephant in the room which is what do we do with the fact that there is up to 1% in some cases 2% weight by weight for chlorate in the Martian regulus and if we're going to use tha”
StarTalk · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 474K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.