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MichaelMcGuire

(1,684 posts) Tue Dec 4, 2012, 02:09 PM Dec 2012

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China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars [View all]

Chinese astronauts are preparing to grow fresh vegetables on Mars and the moon after researchers successfully completed a preliminary test in Beijing, state media reported.

Four kinds of vegetables were grown in an "ecological life support system", a 300 cubic metre cabin which will allow astronauts to develop their own stocks of air, water and food while on space missions, Xinhua news agency said Monday.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-prepares-grow-vegetables-mars-050303251.html

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China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars [View all] MichaelMcGuire Dec 2012 OP

They need something to feed the workers too! snooper2 Dec 2012 #1

Is this satire? If it isn't, do you have a source for your paragraph? Flipper999 Dec 2012 #2

did a search...here it is...yes...satire... yawnmaster Dec 2012 #3

Honeee! I'm leaving for the market,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, benld74 Dec 2012 #4

I saw those movies!!!! n/t HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #5

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