(Times of Israel) Nathan Jeffay - Researchers at the Institutes for Desert Research at the Sde Boker campus of Ben-Gurion University are working with universities in Australia and South Africa to prepare a tiny 2-kg. greenhouse with a range of seeds and plants that will head to the moon in 2025 aboard Beresheet 2, the second attempt at an unmanned moon landing by Israel's SpaceIL. The mini-greenhouse will be sealed, retaining the Earth's atmosphere, but will be subject to the moon's microgravity. "Bases on the moon or colonies on Mars could become a reality, and we're exploring whether we know how to grow plants there," said Prof. Simon Barak. "Plants would be important for food, for oxygen, for medication, for removing CO2 from the air, and also for general wellbeing."
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