Thursday, October 17, 2024

MIT Technology Review: The quest to figure out farming on Mars. Really!

Would it not suffice to send robots to Mars?

We are not even growing enough food for humans on earth!

"Once upon a time, water flowed across the surface of Mars. Waves lapped against shorelines, strong winds gusted and howled, and driving rain fell from thick, cloudy skies. It wasn’t really so different from our own planet 4 billion years ago, except for one crucial detail—its size. Mars is about half the diameter of Earth, and that’s where things went wrong. ...

And what would it take to grow plants to feed future astronauts on Mars? ..."

The quest to figure out farming on Mars

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