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We can grow asparagus on Mars.
(Thanks to sjhaller and Jeff Matthews)
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Try beets and brussels sprouts next; just don't bring them back.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 27, 2008 at 09:31 AM
But can we grow hollandaise sauce???
Posted by: Punkin | June 27, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Whoa,
Whole planet covered by asparagus. And no illegal immigrants that would pick them taking jobs from honest Martians under the false claim that this is a job Martians do not want to take.
Posted by: yurij | June 27, 2008 at 09:33 AM
there were liquid water action
Am good knowing that!
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 27, 2008 at 09:39 AM
Hippies of the future will just try and grow weed there . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 27, 2008 at 09:42 AM
I sure hope the first humans on the planet have the proper Martian visas or we'll be repeating a mistake that has been going on since Europeans started settling in the "New World."
I wonder if the smell from urine after eating asparagus would be a problem in a self-contained human dwelling on another planet, or if the olfactory experience would be just enough to put the space pioneers over the edge.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | June 27, 2008 at 09:42 AM
Like New York restaurant menu prices aren't high enough!
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 27, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Mars is currently too cold for water to flow
So, we can only grow frozen asparagus?
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 27, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Call me when they can grow cacao. Mmmmmmm... chocolate...
Posted by: KOW | June 27, 2008 at 09:45 AM
. . . will analyze ice fragments in the TEGA oven
Yeah, the oven is a GREAT place to analyze ice in, put it on way low tho . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 27, 2008 at 09:49 AM
but can you hide it under the edge of your plate? or feed it surreptiously under the table to Scooby?
Posted by: frodolives | June 27, 2008 at 09:50 AM
I dunno but the shipping charges are gonna be a BYOTCH!
Posted by: Siouxie | June 27, 2008 at 09:58 AM
KOW, I was thinking the same thing. I thought asparagus already came from Mars.
I'd like to see them turn asparagus into Mars bars. Now that's science I can use.
Posted by: Cat R | June 27, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Yes, they found that asparagus could grow on Mars if it only had a small tweaking of growing an entire atmosphere, but other than that, ready to go!
Posted by: Margaritaville | June 27, 2008 at 10:16 AM
asparagus is from Mars, broccoli is from Venus?
Posted by: frodolives | June 27, 2008 at 10:17 AM
(Um, Dave? "is produces"? I didn't want to say anything yesterday on the "staggers foward" post, but, sir, with a heated presidential campaign ahead, we need our candidate to exhibit flawless leadership in spelling, grammar, and proofreading. Your country is depending on you.)
Posted by: Cat R | June 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Back off silly Humans... you cannot make gasoline from asparagus
Posted by: itsacookbook | June 27, 2008 at 10:37 AM
"There is nothing about the soil that would preclude life. In fact it seems very friendly,"
Which is where we get the phrase "Friendly as dirt."
Posted by: JayP | June 27, 2008 at 10:53 AM
(Dave, now you've blinded Siouxie on the North Carolina post. This is getting serious.)
Posted by: Cat R | June 27, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Boyton said, because it was a surface sample and had been sitting on the TEGA oven for several days, during which time any ice would have evaporated.
Wow, this guy really is a rocket scientist.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | June 27, 2008 at 11:27 AM
sorry, i want martians bananas or pine-apple
Posted by: stirist | June 28, 2008 at 02:57 PM