Elon Musk will take us to Mars, but how are we going to survive there? It takes approximately $10,000 just to launch a pound of food into space and up to $100,000 if you want to send it on a deep space mission to Mars. Therefore, the cost for taking enough food and medical supplies to keep a team of astronauts alive and well is literally astronomical. Cemvita Factory is using its synthetic biology platform to solve this problem by genetically reprogramming microbes that mimic photosynthesis, a process that plants use to convert CO2 into energy and nutrients. The modified microbes can absorb carbon dioxide either from the atmosphere on Mars or from the astronauts themselves when they exhale. Cemvita microbes convert the CO2 into glucose, a sugar that can be consumed directly by the astronauts, or used as a building block to create more complex nutrients and pharmaceuticals. Contact Cemvita Factory today to learn more about how microbes can help us become a multiplanetary species!
