“Thats nice, but we cant eat bacteria.”
The extremophiles aren’t for eating, Boogie. They’re for kick starting life on that rock.
Our folks are going to have to pre-stage their own food supplies on Mars.
“Theyre for kick starting life on that rock.”
“Kickstarting life” on a planet unsuitable for life seems like a fruitless quest to me, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.