Designing Soil for Farming on Mars - Laura Fackrell Unv. of GA - The Cosmic Companion Nov. 10, 2020
Channel: The Cosmic Companion - Science Comedy, Astronomy
Date: 10/11/2020

This week, we welcome Laura Fackrell, geochemist at the University of Georgia, to the show. We will be discussing her work developing soil for farms on Mars, capable of growing crops to feed interplanetary colonists.


We will also journey out beyond our solar system, where Voyager 2 hears from NASA for the first time in months. We examine a tiny asteroid traveling through space along with Mars that is a near-perfect geological match for our Moon. Finally, we will explore the Solar System from our own back yards, as all seven planets visible in the sky can be seen this week from most places on Earth.