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[NIAC 2023] Growing Mars Habitats with Bioreactors
[NIAC 2023] Growing Mars Habitats with Bioreactors
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23 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2023
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Description
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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? 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
? EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter
? PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
? OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday
Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday
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? CONTACT FRASER
frasercain@gmail.com
⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Released:
Mar 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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