Artist concept depicting a new novel aerospace concept for NIAC Phase III 2024. Credit: Lynn Rothschild

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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 00:01:27 JST Fraser Cain

   NASA has awarded a Phase III NIAC grant to a proposal investigating growing structures off-planet using fungal mycelial composites - mushrooms. Since this is phase III, the team has already completed two phases of testing: growing structures on different food substrates and using inflatables for phase II. For phase three, they'll test the technique on an orbiting space station to see if mushrooms can grow into usable shapes in weightlessness.

   https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/mycotecture-off-planet-en-route-to-the-moon-and-mars/