growing vegetables on mars

Peruvian scientists have successfully cultivated potatoes in a Mars-like environment, opening up the prospect of growing this highly nutritious tuber on the Red Planet.

NASA has made many bold plans for the future of the Mars program, adding self-propelled ships to the Martian surface by 2020 and sending manned spaceships in 2030.

According to the Mirror, NASA is trying to grow a viable vegetable in climatic conditions in Mars before putting people on the Red planet in a 10-year mission.

NASA is developing a greenhouse project with the University of Arizona in the hope that astronauts can grow their own vegetables in future missions on the Moon or Mars.