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I wonder what the minimum atmospheric pressure is to grow some kind of plants out in the open? (Or bio-engineer some plants to grow). Would this get us in that

• Shivetya 14y ago
  There is an interesting bit from NASA here that covers your concerns, http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/25feb_greenhouses/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/25...
• danielweber 14y ago
  I think it would be a neat high-school-level science experiment to find some plant that reproduces quickly, and then put it in a bell jar with ever-decreasing levels of air pressure to try and force natural selection to make something that can survive at very low pressures. (Edit: You won't approach Mars-level pressures with these experiments.) At the college level, I've read papers about inserting specific genes into plants to increase their hardiness with thin atmospheres.