"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So technically, I colonized Mars. In your face , Neil Armstrong!"
As Mark Watney's line from the book and film The Martian suggests, fruits and vegetables have long played a starring role in our visions of space. Sometimes they’re subtle symbols of home; other times, they’re humanity’s only hope for survival.
But how realistic are these space gardens?
Could these crops truly grow beyond Earth - and if they could, would they be enough to sustain life?
And what lessons can we draw from history, when explorers relied on produce to survive their own journeys into the unknown?
Join John and Patrick on this month's livestream as they pull out the popcorn to talk space films, produce and history!
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