Die NASA treibt ihre Forschung zum Züchten von Lebensräumen im Weltraum aus Pilzen voran – Während sich die NASA zum Wohle aller auf Langzeitmissionen zum Mond und zum Mars vorbereitet, könnte ein am Mittwoch von der Agentur ausgewähltes Konzept zum Züchten von Lebensräumen dabei helfen, aus Pilzen Behausungen für künftige Forscher zu „züchten“.

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>A team of researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will receive new funding under the NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program to propel their habitat research.

>The Phase III NIAC award will provide $2 million over two years to continue technology development of the [Mycotecture Off Planet project](https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/could-future-homes-on-the-moon-and-mars-be-made-of-fungi/) in preparation for a potential future demonstration mission. The work is led by Lynn Rothschild, a senior research scientist at NASA Ames.

>“As NASA prepares to explore farther into the cosmos than ever before, it will require new science and technology that doesn’t yet exist“ said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. „NASA’s space technology team and the NIAC program unlock visionary ideas—ideas that make the impossible, possible.

>“This new research is a steppingstone to our Artemis campaign as we prepare to go back to the moon to live, to learn, to invent, to create—then venture to Mars and beyond.“