(Abdul Ahad) wrote in message . com...
(Bill Carson ) wrote in message . com...
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

Hi Bill,
I once tried a few "fantasy" experiments myself trying to grow some
vegetables under the electric light... in a true spirit of
astroculture "simulations" of course! Real lunar or extra-terrestrial
soil was obviously priced at a premium and hard to come by, so I had
to settle for the stuff found here on Earth:-

http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagent/astroculture.html

You might find the 1970s movie "Silent Running" of some inspiration,
as Bruce Dern was doing similar growings onboard his space freighter
Valley Forge...
I am assuming you are actually going to start a "sky farming" project
as such of course!

Abdul Ahad
"What do you get when you cross Astronomy with Geometry?"
http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagent/astrometry.html

Mines is just thought experiments right now but thanx anyhow.

BTW your stuff on binary stars at-
http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagent/astrometry.html

is quite good. I might check out some star colors of binaries myself
once the sky clears.

Bill C