If I threw a freshly plucked, not yet baked potato on the surface of mars, is it possible that the micro organisms present in the potato would survive and eventually adapt to the new environment?

Karl@literature.cafe · 3 days ago

If I threw a freshly plucked, not yet baked potato on the surface of mars, is it possible that the micro organisms present in the potato would survive and eventually adapt to the new environment?

Tonuka@feddit.org · 3 days ago

Life is so resilient I’m more surprised when it doesn’t survive somewhere. There’s a geologically active sulfur deposit in Ethiopia with extremely harsh conditions. It was a sensation when scientists found bacteria in the water, but it later turned out the tests were contaminated and the place is actually, truly dead