Can We Actually Survive on Mars? - Prof. Cyprien Verseux - #57
Cyprien Verseux is a French astrobiologist and professor at ZARM, the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen, where he heads the Laboratory of Applied Space Microbiology.
His research asks how a crew could survive somewhere nothing grows, developing cyanobacteria that feed on Martian water, soil and atmosphere to produce oxygen, food and other resources on site rather than hauling everything from Earth. His team has already shown the concept works and is now testing it in Mars-like conditions and modeling how efficient it could be. He is also one of…
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