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| Indicators show potatoes can grow on Mars |
| 2017-03-09 |
| [PHYS.ORG] The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme climates on Earth. This Phase Two effort of CIP's proof of concept experiment to grow potatoes in simulated Martian conditions began on February 14, 2016 when a tuber was planted in a specially constructed CubeSat contained environment built by engineers from University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Lima based upon designs and advice provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Ames Research Center (NASA ARC), Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,. Preliminary results are positive. The Potatoes on Mars project was conceived by CIP to both understand how potatoes might grow in Mars conditions and also see how they survive in the extreme conditions similar to what parts of the world already suffering from climate change and weather shocks are already experiencing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Or derbies. I always mix those up. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-03-09 20:32 |
| #12 Russians and Irishmen And sturdy brown ladies in bowlers. With Bolivian Martian dust. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-03-09 20:28 |
| #11 I'm imagining a planet populated with Russians and Irishmen. Does low gravity makes a hangover more bearable? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-09 19:52 |
| #10 Know what they raise on Mars? Listen now.... They raise potatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes and potatoes, potatoes...... potatoes the size of the Hollywood Bowl How do they peel them? They peel them with a bulldozer, OH! Just imagine a nice big bowl of potato salad... /channeling Slim Gaillard, singing his version of How High the Moon? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-09 19:34 |
| #9 Potato schnapps. You're (supposed) to make vodka from wheat. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-09 13:44 |
| #8 I'm going to copyright 'Red Sands Vodka'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-03-09 13:38 |
| #7 And you can make alcohol out of 'em! Win/win! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-09 13:04 |
| #6 ..and radical vegans. We'll name the ship, Botany Bay II. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-09 09:53 |
| #5 Finally...somewhere to send the Irish-Islamist terrorists. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-03-09 08:11 |
| #4 I concede. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-09 07:30 |
| #3 Marvin Fries. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-03-09 07:27 |
| #2 Martian fries? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-09 06:30 |
| #1 Gee, just like the movie! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-09 01:06 |