sr1701 t1_iu9pfim wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Food would be very difficult to get. I wonder if we could even farm on Mars. The soil may not support our crops and they may not get enough sunlight. Also without a proper atmosphere we couldn't burn any fossil fuels or wind power leaving just solar energy. Not sure how much sunlight would be available.

Erinmore t1_iu9unhh wrote on October 29, 2022 at 6:04 PM

Ideas just did a show about that:
Dinner on Mars: How to grow food when humans colonize the red planet
based on the book by Newman & Fraser.

tzaeru t1_iu9qp7v wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:36 PM

You actually can use wind power on Mars (source1, source2).

And there's also nuclear power.

mysilvermachine t1_iu9rpho wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:43 PM

Potatoes ? There was a film and everything…..