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Can You Terraform Mars? with Kennda Lynch
Season 14 · Episode 77

Can You Terraform Mars? with Kennda Lynch

Can we grow food on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio learn about a new NASA project "Plant Trek" and the challenges of surviving on other planets with astrobiologist Kennda Lynch.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kennda Lynch, Paul Mecurio

December 19, 202346m 24s

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Show Notes

Can we grow food on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio learn about a new NASA project "Plant Trek" and the challenges of surviving on other planets with astrobiologist Kennda Lynch. 

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Photo Credit: NASA/Clouds AO/SEArch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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