Update on Martian Regolith
About 6 weeks ago we decided to see if we could grow Swiss Chard in some simulated Martian Regolith we purchased. Both the experimental and control were watered with plant grow solution and placed ...
Centripetal Force on ETON
Centripetal force on table top ETON
Battle of the Patches
Who will win
Hydroponic Garden
This video explains why we made a new type of hydroponic garden for our experiment.
Exercising Plants
This video shows how we first came up with the idea to "exercise" plants. Our thought process was that if humans could exercise to prevent weakness caused by microgravity, so could ...
Plants and Humans in Space
> We followed astronaut don Pettit's blog - Diary of a Zucchini and learned that plants like, people get weak in microgravity. Without exposure to the force of gravity they are s...
Siphons
As you all have seen in our previous posts, we have done multiple tests with siphons in microgravity using our drop tower. Based on these tests, we know that siphons...
Our First Drop
This level was the first thing we tested in our homemade drop tower. You can tell when it is dropping because the bubble in the lev...