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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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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

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