Researchers successfully grew and harvested chickpeas in simulated moon dirt—with a little help from worm poop and a beneficial fungus. However, they’re still testing whether the legumes are safe to eat Left: Experimental setup of some chickpeas growing in artificial lunar dirt. Right: A chickpea root covered in the simulated moon soil, which is sharp and glass-like.  Jessica Atkin NASA is shooting for the moon, aiming to put humans on the lunar surface in 2028 after a 50-plus-year hiatus. This time, the agency wants to establish an enduring presence on our celestial companion. “We will need to learn how to grow food on the moon, since it will not be sustainable to ship food in spaceships,”  Sara Oliveira Santos , a fluid dynamicist at the University of Texas at Austin, tells  Reuters ’ Will Dunham.…