Human sewage combined with lunar or Martian regolith could provide the necessary nutrients to grow crops on the moon and Mars, a new experiment has shown.
"In lunar and Martian outposts, organic wastes will be key to generating healthy, productive soils," said study leader Harrison Coker of Texas A&M University in a statement. "By weathering simulant soils from the moon and Mars with organic waste streams, it was revealed that many essential plant nutrients can be harvested from surface minerals."
