Could new farming methods sustain life on Mars?
Added on 22 October 2024
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A talk at the Chelmsford Science Festival will explore research into new farming methods that could potentially grow plants on Mars – and the moral question of whether humans should cultivate another planet even if they could.
In the 2015 film The Martian, stranded astronaut, Mark Watney, managed to grow potatoes. Recently SpaceX owner Elon Musk has spoken of a desire to set foot on Mars , and potentially colonise the Red Planet. However, the colonisation of Mars would depend on the ability to grow plants.
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