Friday, June 27, 2008

Farming on Mars

I just noticed this gem from the NYT today:

Mars today is cold and dry, and the surface is bombarded by ultraviolet radiation, making life unlikely, but conditions could have made the planet more habitable in the past. Plants that like alkaline soil — like asparagus — might readily grow in the Martian soil, provided that other components of an Earth-like environment including air and water were also present.

My friends, I have seen the future...the hardbitten, but good hearted, asparagus farmers of Mars.

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