You can now buy experimental soil from Mars for $20 per kg

According to a study in the journal Icarus, the experimental Martial soil is based on the chemical signature of the soils on Mars collected by NASA's Curiosity rover.

The University of Central Florida (UCF) is selling a unique product "Experimental Martian and asteroid soil". Interested Buyers over the world can buy just for $20 per kg.

According to a study in the journal Icarus, the experimental Martial soil is based on the chemical signature of the soils on Mars collected by NASA's Curiosity rover.

For creating the Martian and asteroid soil known as simulant, the researchers developed a scientifically based, standardised method. "If we are going to go, we'll need food, water and other essentials. As we are developing solutions, we need a way to test how these ideas will fare," said Professor Dan Britt, a member of UCF’s Planetary Sciences Group.

The researchers at the university said that the formula is based on scientific methods and is published for all to use, even those not ordering through University of Central Florida can create dirt that can be used for experiments, which reduces the uncertainty level.

The researchers believe that there is a market for the simulant. At $20 a kilogram, plus shipping, it may be easier to send UCF an order, than to try and make it in labs.

The team already has about 30 pending orders, including one from Kennedy Space Center in the US for half a ton, UCF said in a statement this week