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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 e
by yummypaint 2y ago
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.
- beanjuice 2y agoWhat I don't understand about the proposal is that every c-c bond the fungus could make still has to be shipped from earth.
- xolox 2y agoMight it not be possible to "harvest" carbon from sources on e.g. the moon [1], thereby requiring less effort to launch those resources into orbit? Feel free to point out if I'm talking (thinking) nonsense here... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources#Carbon_and_nitrogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources#Carbon_and_nit...