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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by RegularJoe@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Vermicompost is something you can readily make on the moon, meaning with this it proves you can take a resource available on the moon and grow in it.

Big deal IMO.

Well. “Proves” since it’s simulated regolith, not real regolith, and it was done on earth.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I started out wondering if this simulation would work again in lunar gravity, and now we also need vermiculture to work in lunar gravity.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

We’re already working on worms in space!

Granted these aren’t the works we’d make vermicompost from … but still steps in that direction

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Cool. Sadly it doesn’t seem like it was even a goal for those worms to survive.