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The Science of "For All Mankind"

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Grow Plants on the Moon

There are some spots in the moon that we think have more water deposits like near the poles where it's always dark. If you processed like six tons of surface material on the moon you'd get about three kilograms of water which is about one humans daily dose of water so that's six tons of material in order to get one person's supply of water for one day. The Chinese did it last year they brought some seeds up and they grew them up there on the moon which is cool. But I guess technically they didn't grow on the moon it grew on like a pod on a little spaceship. Is it possible to grow things like on the lunar soil? One challenge there is the moon has

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