In the end, we will be travelling whether we wanted to, by design or not. We'll be traveling with microbes, fungi, and probably intentionally with plants. There is fungus growing on our skin, all over our bodies. That e wen taking into space no matter what. And pollyo can tell rob is v p, because theymuc again, he said it very tactfully. But hits wat, he actually said, right?
Can you actually grow potatoes on Mars? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Paul Mecurio explore how to grow plants in space and whether we can farm on the Moon and Mars with space biologists Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl.
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