Here's where the larvae come in. In order to supplement his ... adding that while his experiment doesn't seek to tackle the issue of water on Mars, it would be interesting to focus on in the ...

Humans could eat the plants, and even food made from the larvae, producing more waste for the cycle to continue. While that might not ultimately be the way astronauts grow food on Mars ...

Mendoza is currently running a study at Texas A&M University, where he's mixing simulated Martian soil and poop from fly larvae to find just the right recipe for growing plants on Mars.