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What snack would you like on a trip to Mars?

Professor Jenny Mortimer is a space horticulturalist, who is looking at the best nutritious solutions for astronauts hurtling through the solar system. She has already sent food into space, all to test whether it would survive a trip to Mars. Will it whet the appetite of cabaret star Minnie Andrews?


Credits

Producer: Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer

Guests: Jenny Mortimer, Minnie Andrews

Recorded at the Adelaide Fringe Festival

Tech: Luke Morris

Music: Michelle Cashman

Editing: Graham Hunt

Made possible through Meta Australia Journalism Fund, administered by the Walkley Foundation, with support from Comedy Victoria. 

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