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To: allendale

The problem would be growing the plants in the near-vacuum at the Martian surface. Lichen might survive. Where’s my million?


11 posted on 09/03/2018 7:48:26 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: rightwingcrazy
... growing the plants in the near-vacuum at the Martian surface.

You would have to compress the air until the plants can survive in it.
Everything living on Mars will need airtight housing for the next several centuries at least.
There is plenty of sunlight since the atmosphere is so thin, outside the greenhouse.
If you need even more sunlight, use mirrors.

21 posted on 09/03/2018 8:03:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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