COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A love for area exploration led Jessica Atkin, a Texas A&M College School of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate pupil within the Division of Soil and Crop Sciences, to supply the first-ever moondust-grown chickpeas.
Utilizing simulated moondust, as a result of there’s not sufficient lunar regolith on Earth for experimentation, Atkin and her colleagues grew chickpeas to seed in mixtures of as much as 75 p.c moondust — a groundbreaking endeavor in a number of elements.
Because of her research, future moon-bound astronauts could have the chance to substitute a portion of their prepackaged meals with. . .