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Scientists Have Just Successfully Grown Chickpeas In Simulated Moon Dirt For The First Time Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi To Absorb Nutrients And Water. (dailygalaxy.com)
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[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Perchlorates are water-soluble, and there is lots of ice on Mars. But people won't live there sustainably, so there is no point to it.