Wieger Wamelink’s alien crop farming competed with five other research programmes at the cultural centre LUX in Nijmegen. Other nominated projects included research on robots in school and why people cry.
It is the first time the Klokhuis Science Prize has been awarded. As part of the prize, the television programme will dedicate an episode to the cultivation of vegetables on Mars.
More on this subject (partly in Dutch)
Marsgroente kandidaat Klokhuisprijs
Unique dinner with vegetables from Mars and the moon (video)
Waarom maan- en Marsgroenten scoren in de media