Chinese scientists have a plan to grow potatoes on the moon

Chinese scientists want to grow potatoes on the moon.

Although similar to the plot of the Hollywood movie The Martian, in which the central character plants potatoes on Mars, the Chinese scientists had been working on the project before the movie arrived in the country, said Zhang Yuanxun, an engineering researcher at the Center of Space Exploration, which is conducting the experiments.

The plan is to carry two kinds of plants and one animal species in an aluminum vessel that will land on the surface of the moon with China's Chang'e 4 lunar probe in 2018.