Since the 1960s, space exploration has become increasingly common. Examples include the voyages of the American and Soviet space programs as well as the 1986 launch of the spacecraft Beagle 2.
These missions have successfully brought valuable information back to Earth. In addition, they’ve shown us how to live and work in space.
"One of the key lessons space explorers learn is how to plant food in Martian soil. Doing so would enable humans to sustain themselves on a new planet."
Planting strategies would have to be different for each Martian location since each one has its own unique environment. For example, Earth’s North and South Poles have less average annual sunlight than other locations on the planet. This lack of light causes some plants to fail when grown in Martian soil. In addition, martians would need to find ways to clean their soil since there is little rainfall on their planet. They would also need to find sources of water since most martian locations are too dry for plant life to survive. Over time, Martians would slowly adapt their planting techniques as they learned how best to grow crops in their new home planet.
The conditions on Mars are very hostile towards plant life. The planet lacks water, fertile soil, and most nutrients necessary for plant growth.
In fact, Mars’ soil is only one-half as rich in nutrients as Earth soil is rich in nutrients.
While this could be fixed by bringing nutrient-rich soil from Earth, that process would be much more difficult and time-consuming than growing crops in nutrient-starved martian soil in the first place. In addition, any food produced by Martian plants would need to be supplemented with protein from animals since there are no martian animals native to the planet.
Given these conditions, planting strategies would need to be extremely careful when creating food sources on Mars. Humans would need to bring all their necessary resources with them when they settled on the new planet. In addition, they would need to remain vigilant about maintaining the environment needed for plant growth. This would require constant effort by human hands since no naturally occurring elements sustain martian plant life.
