But first, beer.
Budweiser recently announced that they’ll be sending 20 barley seeds to the International Space Station to figure out how well the beer-making ingredient will fare in the microgravity environment.
The seeds will be included in SpaceX’s upcoming cargo supply mission, which is scheduled to launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 4.
After orbiting in space for approximately 30 days, the seeds will return to Earth to be analyzed.
“Budweiser is always pushing the boundaries of innovation and we are inspired by the collective American Dream to get to Mars,” Ricardo Marques, Budweiser’s vice president, said in a statement. “We are excited to begin our research to brew beer for the red planet.”
In March, Budweiser announced at South by Southwest that it planned to be the first beer on Mars.