{"id":79878,"date":"2017-07-10T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T09:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=79878"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T12:19:20","slug":"space-activities-happening-outer-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/space-activities-happening-outer-world\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Things You Didn’t Know Are Happening in The Outer World"},"content":{"rendered":"
Even though many people may not know, there are many activities that are going on and are being planned in the outer world or space, while many of these space activities are driven behind trying to understand the outer world even better, there are some that are about human survival.<\/p>\n
Attempts have been made by humans as a result of the fear for the safety of the earth and humanity to see if other planets could provide another home for humans.<\/p>\n
So far, it is only Mars that seem somewhat promising even though humans are yet to have their foot stepped on the planet.<\/p>\n
Although there are many outer world activities going on in space, here are some that we can bet you do not know, even though you should:<\/p>\n
After it has successfully been established that it could grow on Mars, scientists from China have started the process of having potatoes planted on the moon. This is one of the things the country is hoping to achieve with its\u00a0Chang\u2019e 4 mission to the outer space in 2018.<\/p>\n
It has been reached that potatoes have the ability to survive extreme conditions and that is why there are indications that they can actually survive on Mars. Nevertheless, because it is even more extreme on the moon, the scientists will not plant it directly in lunar regolith (soil). Instead, they are creating a small ecosystem for the seed to grow on. The ecosystem will be powered by batteries. While revealing<\/a> the plan at the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2017) in Beijing, they also indicate that they will also send silkworm eggs into the ecosystem.<\/p>\n Of all the outer world activities happening, this will rather be interesting because it will be streamed live for the world to see as the seed grows.<\/p>\nMining the Moon for Fuel<\/strong><\/h2>\n