We kind of have microgravity on Earth under water, which provides apparent reduced weight due to buoyancy. Coral reefs and all that.
Underground root/rhizome structures are also bio structures existing in a kind of microgravity since they are firmly supported by the surrounding soil they are packed into.
Hilariously obvious that someone's pet project got tacked on there at the end. Kilometer wide structures please – or alternatively can you make us a tube of bio glue to fix punctures?
Wonder if anyone is looking into splicing those spider silk genes into a fungus. Maybe the mycelium could gain enough tensile strength to hold pressure? Maybe exude the proteins and form strong tubes around itself? Fungal structures are already surprisingly light for how strong they are.
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18 Comments
transistor-man
I'm here to welcome the era of bamboo based spaceships
mouse_
previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185769
JumpCrisscross
Whoever is doing DARPA’s PR and, apparently GR, since I guess federal agencies have to do that now, deserves a raise.
PaulHoule
This is a theme in "The Web Between the Worlds" [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Web_Between_the_Worlds
dimator
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xeonmc
Between this and the drone-swarm command experiment from yesterday, seems like whoever is heading DARPA mains Zerg in StarCraft.
kazinator
We kind of have microgravity on Earth under water, which provides apparent reduced weight due to buoyancy. Coral reefs and all that.
Underground root/rhizome structures are also bio structures existing in a kind of microgravity since they are firmly supported by the surrounding soil they are packed into.
Falimonda
Can we / will be ever be able to grow bioengineered coral at an accelerated rate with a desired growth structure/direction in space?
Havoc
Hilariously obvious that someone's pet project got tacked on there at the end. Kilometer wide structures please – or alternatively can you make us a tube of bio glue to fix punctures?
pinoy420
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genman
What would be feed stock for this?
smfjaw
the flood!
krashidov
serious question – how do you water it?
tz18
This is the sort of shit that gets you glassed by the watchers
eGQjxkKF6fif
Would hemp be viable in this case?
yummypaint
Wonder if anyone is looking into splicing those spider silk genes into a fungus. Maybe the mycelium could gain enough tensile strength to hold pressure? Maybe exude the proteins and form strong tubes around itself? Fungal structures are already surprisingly light for how strong they are.
tonetegeatinst
Feedsto ck is the moon…its literally resources we don't have to transport into space if we use the moon.
whyenot
This reminds me of Larry Niven's Integral Trees. Very cool!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Integral_Trees