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Trees and plants could be cultivated on Mars but for the cold. Maybe this device can help. Essentially it is like a large rolled up condom that fits over the plant. As the plant grows the condom slowly unrolls creating a greenhouse that is just the right size for the plant, trapping heat and condensation.
The green house is perforated to allow CO2 in and oxygen out.
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Does Mars have any CO2 in it's practically nonexistent atmosphere? Also, the plants are not gonna have nearly as much fun with a condom on. |
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... and Femidoms of Venus, with perforations for Virgina Jam? |
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Not sure that trees would be the easiest things to grow on Mars. I'd guess that moss or ferns would be easier to grow. |
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I don't suppose pollination would happen with bees there.
Where does it get its moisture from? |
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This is actually a pretty nifty idea. It would be better using clear plastic wrap, which would be crinkled accordion style around the seedling and fixed to a ring staked to the ground. It should be for plants with a vertical growth habit. The GCOM would also discourage bugs and rabbits. You would want to do this with a plant that could lift the GCOM up as it grew. A grafted tree or flower grown from bulb would have the push. Not sure about a puny seedling. |
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A few years ago, I had the idea to design Mars components with clear plastic parachutes, and clear plastic airbag balloons. These would then be used as miniature greenhouses to hold lichens, and snow algae, which, I believe, are pretty close to capable of surviving in the dry, thin air of Mars as is. |
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Isn't this a solution without a problem? Places on mars can get up in the 80's during the summer. And certainly there are grasses that can survive the winters. |
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That's like saying greenhouses are not required on Earth becuse some places get up to 40c |
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Well, greenhouses aren't required on earth ;) |
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If the trees are covered by condoms, they aren't going to add any beauty to the planet... so what's the point? I also wonder how, with those perforations you mention, you plan to keep the heat and moisture from escaping? |
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mebbe a condom which lets chlorophyll spectrum through for the plant but absorbs the rest, heating it up. |
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You will want some of the heat if not the moisture to be able to escape...and probably be recouped for some other task. (+) |
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And...speaking of greenhouses...why not a greenhouse? |
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//why not a greenhouse?// |
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My fiancee asked the same question when she read this. |
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actually, considering the dust-storms on Mars, we might have to go with a greenhouse anyways [-] |
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Condoms still work in dust storms, though. At least that's my experience. |
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[21], you think that something covered by a condom is not still beautiful? ;-) |
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