Bacterial partnership offers pathway to produce Mars regolith bricks for future habitats
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Human missions to Mars will require robust shelters that can be built without hauling heavy materials from Earth, pushing engineers and scientists to focus on in situ resource utilization of the planet’s regolith. A new perspective article describes how carefully selected microbial communities could turn Martian dust into structural elements for habitats, while also contributing to life-support
Published by SpaceDaily on 12/03/2025
