Now the moon will be the house of fungi!

The Dhaka Times Desk With the goal of building houses on the moon and Mars, scientists have started a fierce fight. But it is not made of bricks, cement and sand, these houses will actually be made of fungi!

In this regard, scientists say that the main part of the fungus, 'mycelia', will be used specifically in this case. Lynn Rothschild, Principal Investigator of the 'Micro-Architecture Project' at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, recently provided this information on NASA's website.

He also said that the houses built on the moon and Mars will only have people, but not that. There will be different types of 'cyanobacteria' microorganisms! In order to survive, they absorb solar energy, which converts water and toxic carbon dioxide gas into their own food and oxygen. On the atmosphereless Moon and Mars, the air we breathe will be that oxygen. By breaking down water and toxic carbon dioxide gas, these microorganisms can make other substances that humans can eat and live there. NASA is working to reduce the use of metal as much as possible to build our settlement outside the earth. For that purpose, the work with fungi has started.

Lynn Rothschild said fungi, an impossibly light object, would be taken to the moon and Mars. Due to which the cost of carrying will also decrease. The fungus will not die even during long journeys. It won't even get dull. The mycelial growth capacity of fungi is truly remarkable. This fungus can survive in the extremely harsh environment of Mars and the Moon.

In this regard, scientists have said that the houses on the moon and the chest of Mars will be like three-tiered domes. The uppermost layer will contain frozen ice. It will protect the settlements from the extremely harmful intense radiation. The meltwater from this will reach the fungi and cyanobacteria in the second layer. Those who break that water with solar energy will also get their necessary food. On the other hand, it will also protect the mycelia in the third layer, from which the fungus can grow again! Information: From media sources.