What will Martians eat?
needed to make a Mars population of one million people self-sufficient in food.If a colony of one million humans ever does exist on Mars, it will require tens of thousands of supply spacecraft to visit loaded with food, and after 100 years, will be self-sufficient only if they eat plants, insects, algae, and make “fake” eggs and milk.
“In the model, calorie needs were met with food produced locally on Mars combined with imports from the Earth.” In fact, massive amounts of imported food would be needed in the interim.
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