An ESA team has announced that they have come closer to terraforming the moon. The team planted marigolds in anorthosite, a mineral commonly found on the moon's surface, discovering that the plants did not need plant food to survive. With pure anorthosite, the plants did not grow, but upon the introduction of bacteria, they thrived.
This seems to be a step in the right direction in preparation for the day when a doomsday asteroid does actually strike Earth. Earlier today there were false reports that the Apophis asteroid, set to approach Earth in 2036, had 1 in 450 odds of impacting the planet. The odds are actually 1 in 45,000 (the reports claimed NASA's initial calculations were wrong, and were corrected by a 13 year-old German boy).
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I think the ESA team is way over estimating their terraforming plans. We have to get to the moon first. We have to remain on the moon long enough to pick areas to "fertalize," and then figure out how to water any plants. And just what plants will grow? I'm sure weeds will do OK. The weed in my yard have no problems and we aren't getting much water this year in San Antonio, TX. As far as their "step" toward terraforming, I guess even baby-steps help.
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