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. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday👉 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 Intro01:21 Growing Structures on Mars08:37 Self-healing materials10:40 Using this tech on Earth12:36 Next steps17:44 When can we expect it22:02 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/roSoBS0qo1g📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASER[email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)