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Let us examine the stuff of Mars: Poop is the scoop
The biggest problem with life on Mars, other than the obvious fact that there is none, is how to grow food in a hostile environment, says Aspasia Karras
04 December 2023 - 10:23
The biggest problem with life on Mars, other than the obvious fact that there is none, is how to grow food in a hostile environment. There are huge numbers of people whose days are now consumed by this question. And where there is research, there is a company selling you the very stuff, it transpires, that you need for your research. We humans are an inventive bunch and companies like The Martian Garden are hard at work supplying Mojave Mars Simulant - basically Martian Regolith (the layer of unconsolidated solid material covering the bedrock of a planet) - the stuff of Mars...
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