A team of 14 astrobiologists worked for nine months at the Aldrin Space Institute at the Florida Institute of Technology, growing tomatoes in a controlled environment with soil, temperature and water conditions similar to Mars.

14 名科学家组成的团队在佛罗里达理工学院奥尔德林空间研究所培育了9个月才种出这些番茄，他们在实验中模拟了火星的生存环境，如土壤、温度及水源。