As humans look toward longer missions in space, NASA scientists are exploring how mushrooms might make the journey more feasible. Read more by clicking the link below. NASA DiscoverMagazine
moving about in artificial gravity, conducting research and sending signals back to Earth while they probe farther away. Maybe they land on the moon or Mars, or perhaps they sail past countless planets, stars and asteroids. When the astronauts get hungry, there’s freeze-dried food, of course — but carrying enough to feed an entire crew for multiple years would take up a lot of space.
To her, there are obvious advantages to soil-based food production systems over other options like hydroponics. Besides the fact that we already know how to grow things in soil, we also know how to compost, meaning that disposing of inevitable human and plant waste would be much easier. Additionally, gardens are easier to scale than hydroponic systems and the green space they provide could help astronauts feel more at home — wherever they end up.
In another NASA project, Rothschild is exploring how we might build structures from fungal mycelium, the long, thread-like structures that mushrooms form into a mat underground. She and her colleagues have been working to create a woven material out of mycelium that grows into whatever shape they want.
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