It's definitely not edible.
NASA was adamant that the stringy object was terrestrial in origin and not some Martian’s spilt ramen,
Dacron is a polyester fiber used as netting in thermal blankets, and while it may look unrecognizable now, that’s because it "appears to have undergone significant unraveling/shredding, suggesting that it was subjected to strong forces," according to NASA.in February of last year, its entry, descent, and landing hardware flew off to crash a safe distance away. The EDL's impact scattered debris across the Martian surface, and that’s where the Dacron netting came from.
For the most part, a bundle of polyester string blowing around Mars is pretty harmless and amusing, but NASA isn’t messing around: team members are investigating photos of the material as it "may pose as a potential contamination source for the sample tubes" in the area where it was found, the space agency said — but fortunately, there aren’t any "immediate concerns."
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