FINALLY, THE SPACE PROGRAM PRODUCES A PRACTICAL BENEFIT

We can grow asparagus on Mars.

(Thanks to sjhaller and Jeff Matthews)

Comments

[Jeff Meyerson]

Try beets and brussels sprouts next; just don't bring them back.

[Punkin]

But can we grow hollandaise sauce???

[yurij]

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.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

there were liquid water action
Am good knowing that!

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

Hippies of the future will just try and grow weed there . . .

[Not My Usual Alias]

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.

[Meanie the Blue]

Like New York restaurant menu prices aren't high enough!

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

Mars is currently too cold for water to flow
So, we can only grow frozen asparagus?

[KOW]

Call me when they can grow cacao. Mmmmmmm... chocolate...

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

. . . 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 . . .

[frodolives]

but can you hide it under the edge of your plate? or feed it surreptiously under the table to Scooby?

[Siouxie]

I dunno but the shipping charges are gonna be a BYOTCH!

[Cat R]

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.

[Margaritaville]

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!

[frodolives]

asparagus is from Mars, broccoli is from Venus?

[Cat R]

(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.)

[itsacookbook]

Back off silly Humans... you cannot make gasoline from asparagus

[JayP]

"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."

[Cat R]

(Dave, now you've blinded Siouxie on the North Carolina post. This is getting serious.)

[Layzeeboy]

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.

[stirist]

sorry, i want martians bananas or pine-apple