- Watch kids choose between a gift for themselves or their parents
- Mother of handicapped girl chastises driver who wrote nasty note
- Police: 'Intentional' crash injures 36, kills 1 on Las Vegas Strip
- Miss Universe crowned after Steve Harvey's major gaffe
- Hours after grandson's death, Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school
NASA is working on a high-tech method to grown an ancient crop in outer space.
In conjunction with International Potato Center in Peru, NASA will test-grow potatoes in a Mars-like environment on Earth in hopes of eventually creating a potato-growing operation on Mars.
The soil used in the experiment will come from Peru's Pampas de La Joya desert, which is similar to the soil found on Mars, according to CNBC.
Extraterrestrial farming could help feed future space colonies as well as provide nutritious food to those in famine-stricken areas on Earth. Scientists expect that due to the high levels of carbon dioxide on Mars, potato crops could yield up to four times as much as a typical Earth-grown crop.
About the Author
Keep Reading
The Latest
Featured
