NASA plans to grow potatoes on Mars
The International Potato Centre (CIP) in Peru and NASA are currently looking for the most suitable of 4,500 potato varieties produced in Peru to grow on the red planet.
Scientists are going to replicate Martian atmospheric conditions in a laboratory by using the soil from the Peruvian desert of Pampas de la Hoja which has almost identical characteristics to that found on the red planet. The increased levels of carbon dioxide will benefit the crop, whose yield is two to four times that of a regular grain crop under normal Earth conditions. The Martian atmosphere is nearly 95 percent carbon dioxide, CIP explained in a recent press release.
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