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Space Plants
Season 13 · Episode 24

Space Plants

Can you actually grow potatoes on Mars? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Paul Mecurio explore how to grow plants in space and whether we can farm on the Moon and Mars with space biologists Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Mecurio, Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, Dr. Robert Ferl

July 19, 202254m 54s

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Show Notes

Can you actually grow potatoes on Mars? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Paul Mecurio explore how to grow plants in space and whether we can farm on the Moon and Mars with space biologists Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl.

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Thanks to our Patrons Andrew Herron, Bhargava Kandada, Mark Roop, Martin Bonner, Pete Quist, and Estee Catti-Schmidt for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS

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