Your Future House on Mars Could Be Made of Mushrooms

Jan 21, 2020- by:Jeremy Hasegawa

Astronauts on Moon or Mars may be building their houses out of mushrooms according to NASA.

Transportation or building safe houses for long periods of time for astronauts is costly and expensive. It takes lots of valuable resources and money that they could use on other important things. NASA engineers were put to the test to design cost efficient and compact materials suitable for live on Mars and the moon.

Scientists at NASA have come up with a solution. They have found a material for the job. Behold mycelia. A mushroom that can be used as building blocks for houses on Mars and the moon. Instead on carrying around houses astronauts can now build houses with mycelia.

Astronauts can now bring much more compacted habitats made from lightweight meterials embedded with myielia. Mycelia can survive long space flight and can be activated by just adding water. These houses protect astronauts from harsh Martian weather because the fungi is contained in the structure.

The mycelia will be genetically altered so that it doesn’t spread and cover Mars. Mycelia needs organic food to feed off of and produce spores. It is then able to build roots and creates building blocks to make houses. It also needs cyanobacteria to survive. Mycelia can also be used as filters, lighting, to extract materials, regulate humidity, and it also self repairs.

So remember that if you are going to live on Mars your house could be made of mushrooms.