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Alkaline Soil Sample From Mars Reveals Presence of Nutrients for Plants to Grow - NYTimes.com
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June 27, 2008
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Stick an asparagus plant in a pot full of Martian soil, and the asparagus might grow happily, scientists announced Thursday. An experiment on the Phoenix Mars lander showed the dirt on the planet's northern arctic plains to be alkaline, though not strongly alkaline, and full of the mineral nutrients that a plant would need."We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life whether past, present or future," said Samuel P. Kounaves of Tufts University, who is leading the chemical analysis, during a telephone news conference on Thursday. "The sort of soil you have there is the type of soil you'd probably have in your backyard."Mars today is cold ...
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