On Episode 132 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Lynn Rothschild on how mushroom mycelia might be utilized as a Mars habitat-building resource.?
This week, we're diving deep into some really clever and cutting-edge tech for Martian habitats... made from fungus! Dr. Rothschild of the NASA Ames Research Center has been working for years on how the organic material can be used to make bricks, to create shaped structures, and even to create an "astropharmacy" to supply certain compounds needed by the crew of a Mars excursion! And it is sufficiently enticing that NASA's NIAC innovation program has given her no less than five grants (which are not easy to get!) to study the possibilities.
Join us for this really engaging and blue-sky conversation!
