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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 132 — Living in Martian Mushrooms

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This week , we're diving deep into some really clever and cutting-edge tech for Martian habitats... made from fungus.

Dr. Rothschild of the NASA Ames Research Center has been working for years on how the organic material can be used to make bricks, to create shaped structures, and even to create an "astropharmacy" to supply certain compounds needed by the crew of a Mars excursion.

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