NASA is planning to build stations on the Moon and Mars from mushrooms and soil.

Mycotechnologies could become an important step in solving the problem of extraterrestrial construction. With their help, it will be possible to grow mycobricks that will be used for building structures on the Moon and Mars. This will save significant costs on delivering building materials from Earth.

Developers from Redhouse, a company collaborating with NASA, believe in the potential of mycotechnologies. They claim that the strength of mycobricks surpasses concrete, and they are also less harmful to the environment. It is expected that mycotechnologies could also be used to provide food on the Moon and Mars.

The agreement on the use of mycoarchitecture on the Earth's natural satellite has already been concluded with NASA, and the project will receive the necessary funding. The first structures made from mycobricks will be installed long before humans arrive, and they can be deployed within a few hours. However, the extreme conditions of space may present unforeseen challenges, so the first tests are scheduled no earlier than in ten years.

We hope that the use of mycotechnologies will help NASA make long-term space missions safer and more economical.