Could a cockroach survive on Mars?

We hear that cockroaches can survive high radiation, live for a week without water, a month without food, etc. Suppose we sent a "roach motel" with minimal heating (maintain > 0°C) to the equator during the Martian summer, how long could cockroaches survive? read more

After some serious terraforming I suppose that a cockroach could survive near the equator. Night time temps on Mars average -73C, the oxygen content is only .1% compared to the 21% on earth and the atmospheric pressure is only 1/100 that of the Earth. read more

There are some lifeforms from Earth that could survive on Mars, but not cockroaches. Main ones are cyanobacteria - Chroococcidiopsis is the likeliest - because it has astonishing resistance to ionizing radiation, and to UV light - and also has the ability to use the humidity of the atmosphere at night even in the very dry equatorial regions. read more

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