科学家还希望通过该实验找出适合在严酷环境下生长的土豆种类,来帮助解决地球人口饥饿和营养不良的难题。
"We must be prepared for the future," said virologist Jan Kreuze, a scientist at CIP. "To respond to desertification, rising temperature and high salt content in the soil."
“我们必须为未来做准备”,国际马铃薯中心的科学家扬·克鲁兹说。“准备应对沙漠化、气候变暖和高盐分的土壤。”
Vegetable of the future
未来的蔬菜
The soil in La Joya Pampas -- a sector of the Atacama Desert in southern Peru that's considered one of the driest places on earth -- is very similar to that found on the Red Planet.
位于秘鲁南部阿塔卡马沙漠的潘帕斯德拉霍亚地区被认为是地球上最干旱的地方之一,那里的土壤与人们在火星上发现的非常相似。
The scientists plan to transport 200 pounds (100 kilos) of it to a CIP laboratory in Lima that will simulate the complex Martian atmosphere -- which contains mostly carbon dioxide -- and expose it to extreme ultraviolet radiation.
科学家计划将大约200磅(100千克)土壤运送到利马国际马铃薯中心的实验室中。在那里,他们将模拟火星上二氧化碳居多的复杂大气环境,并将土壤暴露在极端紫外线照射中。
"We'll have more concrete results in one or two years, Valdivia said, adding that it will take more than five years to launch an unmanned mission to Mars.
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