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Mars is a tricky prospect for even the most red- fingered gardener: there\u2019s almost no air, the \u201csoil\u201d has few nutrients and lots of heavy metals, and the temperature is typically around -60C. \u201cI\u2019m going to have to science the shit out of this,\u201d Watney, a botanist, declares. He decides to grow potatoes, jerry-rigging a climate-controlled dome, burning hydrazine to make water and creating a growth medium from Mars dust supplemented by his crewmates\u2019 faeces.In Star Trek they just replicate food out of pure energy Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jun\/07\/gardens-of-the-galaxy-scientists-are-looking-for-ways-to-grow-vegetables-in-space\" target=\"_blank\">Gardens of the galaxy: can you grow vegetables on Mars?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; With a mission to Mars on the horizon and astronauts spending longer than ever in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-uqy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38945,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ever-wondered-what-houses-on-mars-would-look-like\/","url_meta":{"origin":116966,"position":0},"title":"Ever wondered what houses on Mars would look like?","date":"December 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Yeah, it\u2019s pretty much like The Martian Artist\u2019s impression of the Mars Ice Home in the evening. 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