Could ‘The Martian’s’ scientist survive on potatoes alone?
In the movie “The Martian,” the main character is stranded on Mars and must rely on his own super-science knowledge to survive. Because the crew had packed some potatoes for a Thanksgiving celebration, Watney creates a lab “garden” and is able to survive off the potatoes — after calculating how many calories he would need to survive until a rescue mission could arrive. However, packing some pinto bean seeds would increase his chances of survival, experts say.
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Could ‘The Martian’s’ scientist survive on potatoes alone?
September 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chances, crew, martian, movie, nutritional counseling, packing-some, pinto-bean, potatoes, rescue-mission, some-potatoes, the-potatoes
