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[NIAC 2023] Growing Mars Habitats with Bioreactors

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English - March 09, 2023 21:00 - 22 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
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Making habitats from available materials will be a big part of Mars missions. One of the 2023 NIAC awards explored the possibility of growing structures on Mars with the help of fungi and bacteria. We're discussing this project with Dr Congrui Jin.
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Growing Structures on Mars
08:37 Self-healing materials
10:40 Using this tech on Earth
12:36 Next steps
17:44 When can we expect it
22:02 Outro
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Making habitats from available materials will be a big part of Mars missions. One of the 2023 NIAC awards explored the possibility of growing structures on Mars with the help of fungi and bacteria. We're discussing this project with Dr Congrui Jin.

🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday

👉 More about the NIAC award:

https://www.universetoday.com/159635/instead-of-building-structures-on-mars-we-could-grow-them-with-the-help-of-bacteria/

00:00 Intro
01:21 Growing Structures on Mars
08:37 Self-healing materials
10:40 Using this tech on Earth
12:36 Next steps
17:44 When can we expect it
22:02 Outro

📺 VIDEO VERSION

https://youtu.be/roSoBS0qo1g

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Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.

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Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

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