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Is it possible to grow potatoes on Mars?

Post author:Jeff Browe
Post published:March 24, 2021
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A fictional botanist-turned-astronaut is trapped on Mars in the 2015 hit film "The Martian," prompting him to "research the s—-" out of his precarious situation.Matt Damon's character, Mark Watney, lives…

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