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Today, Pioneer Labs is announcing our first step towards terraforming Mars. 🚀🌼 With equipment that fits in just a single rocket launch, we can convert Martian dirt, water, and air into enough building materials to construct a small city on Mars. To do it, we made the first microbe...

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Erika Alden DeBenedictis

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The first microbe for Mars is a safe, useful first step toward terraforming. Read the announcement from @Pioneer__Labs, including links to three new papers:

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Thanks to the @AsteraInstitute for supporting Pioneer's work from the beginning. @JedMcCaleb and @seemaychou were willing to bet on us two years ago, before we knew how to move the needle on bio-for-space. I hope we've done you proud!

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@JedMcCaleb @seemaychou Learn more about making the first microbe for Mars in our @AsimovPress podcast with @NikoMcCarty

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@JedMcCaleb @seemaychou @AsimovPress @NikoMcCarty So what does this all mean for humans on Mars? Your questions are answered in our WIRED Tech Support video! @WI_Tech_Support @Wired

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Jason Carman22 saat önce

Probably our favorite film we've made this year. Thank you for bringing us on to do this Erika! Ad astra per aspera

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navya b.21 saat önce

congrats Erika!!! so so excited to see all that's next :>

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this is very cool. had concerns about contaminating pristine worlds and i am happy they have been addressed as well.

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Erika Alden DeBenedictis21 saat önce

We think about this a lot. The search for life on Mars doesn't end when humans arrive and start living there and bring with them all their associated microbiomes. We need to think a lot more about how to do it post-human.

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Amitav Krishna22 saat önce

Holy cow, this is super cool!

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Naomi Bashkansky21 saat önce

congrats Erika and the team :)

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Kai21 saat önce

Crazy stuff

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Dimple Jatolia21 saat önce

Could biology really be the key to making Mars habitable?

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Henry C. Blanchard21 saat önce

Real Kim Stanley Robinson vibes here, in the best possible way

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Garium Sulphate21 saat önce

Okay.

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Mario Maggio22 saat önce

Huge congrats Erika!

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Solange Massa21 saat önce

Amazing! Where can we see the science?

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Erika Alden DeBenedictis21 saat önce

Three new papers are linked in the announcement here!

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Aamir Sohail22 saat önce

Wow 😲 super amazing . Biology is as essential as engineering to expand consciousness to Mars and other planets.

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Osarode Odemwingie | RODELENZ INDUSTRIES 📸21 saat önce

This is interesting 👏

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Josie Zayner21 saat önce

Hell yeahh homie

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James Sinka - Boston & SF21 saat önce

super exciting, congratulations!

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Jerzy Szablowski21 saat önce

<3

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Nathan Helm-Burger21 saat önce

Very in favor of Mars terraforming, and this seems like an important and exciting step. I wonder about order of operations though. Wouldn't it make more sense to redirect a water rich comet for a hard impact to warm and moisten the environment first? Kinda hard to do big impacts as a later step.

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Angel21 saat önce

Just to be clear, that microbe won't totally destroy life on earth if it escapes, mutates or becomes an hybrid with AI. right?

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camille fassett21 saat önce

wow, this is very cool!

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Joshhfm21 saat önce

this is awesome! looking forward to seeing this go to action soon.

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Ethan Loosbrock22 saat önce

@KenCondon1 sound familiar?

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Valentine Keane21 saat önce

Trippeee. You give 'Ellie' Contact vibes. A Sagan Sprout. Keep it up folks🐳👍

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