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China set up a tiny farm on the moon in 2019. How did it do? (phys.org)
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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Plants grow mostly by sucking water into their cells, so the water should soon end up stuck in the plants if everything else went right. I suppose they did count with it, but 18 ml of water is still suprizingly little.