The increasing presence of human surveillance and technology on the surface of our planet coupled with the Martian World Government's "closed planet" policy have presented new challenges for the Martian race. Historically, high end meats were produced by surface ranchers of Mars taurus or pillaged livestock from Earthling farmers in the Midwest USA and elsewhere.
    However, Mars taurus are since extinct due to their inability to survive sub-surface and such excursions to earth have been forbidden since the 1985 decision of the Higher Court on the Rendlesham Forest incident. Thus, even wealthier Martians have lost the ability to consume high levels of meat, and producers are relegated to those small species which survive sub-surface. With these developments, a market for the consumption of Martian eggs has emerged. Given that the value of Martian eggs appreciates over time, then there is some point when profit will be maximized. The question is then, at what time can the eggs be sold to maximize profit?
    Due to the recent nature of this problem, not much Martian economic literature exists on this topic. However, earthling economist Chiang (1974) has discussed a similar optimization problem for the optimum storage time of a rotting fruit juice from earth. Due to this lack of similar circumstances on Mars, this paper attempts to fill this void in the Martian economic literature for the unique situation of our planet.
    To solve this problem, I consider the value of eggs as a function of time. I then take into account the interest rate to discount the value of the eggs to find their present value equivalents as to compare them. Thus, the goal is to maximize present value. Finally I take into consideration the cost of storing the eggs and maximize with this in mind.
        The paper will continue in the following way. Section 2 will present the model for solving the aforementioned problem. Section 3 will use the previously discussed model and data from the Martian economy to estimate a profit-maximizing value for t. Lastly, Section 5 will wrap-up with concluding remarks.