Ep. 380 - Learning to Grow Plants on the Moon

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

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🗓️ 31 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Can we grow plants in moon soil or regolith? If so, how are they going to respond? These are the kinds of questions Dr. Robert Ferl and his colleagues set out to answer in their latest experiment. Tune in and learn how an emergency rover repair during the last Apollo mission and over a decade of patience and planning have now provided answers as well as generated even more fascinating questions to explore. This episode was produced in part by Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the in-defence a plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.3	in-defenceaplants.com.
0:05.3	What's up?
0:06.3	This is your host Matt.
0:07.3	Welcome to the show.
0:08.3	How is everyone doing this week?
0:10.8	What is it going to take to grow plants on the moon?
0:13.8	Well, thanks to my guests and his colleagues, you're going to find out.
0:17.7	Today we're hearing from Dr. Robert Furrell, who if you've been listening to the podcast
0:21.5	since the beginning, you will recognize from a previous episode where we talked about
0:24.7	plants in space.
0:26.3	Well, today we're going to be hearing from him about an experiment that he and his
0:29.7	colleagues did using moon soil, or as they call it, regolith to grow plants.
0:35.1	That's right.
0:36.1	We now know we can grow plants in moon regolith.
0:40.3	This is super exciting and along the way we're going to hear about the history of plants
0:44.5	in space and just how much of a role they have played in space exploration since the beginning.
0:49.9	But I don't want to steal any of us thunder, so let's just jump right into it.
0:53.6	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Robert Furrell.
0:56.4	I hope you enjoy.
1:11.2	All right.
1:12.2	Dr. Robert Furrell, thank you so much for coming back on the podcast.
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