The inflatable BioPod, which Interstellar Lab developed, may help plants endure harsh circumstances on Earth and enable settlers on Mars.
Interstellar Lab, a startup business, is also developing a low-Earth orbit stand-alone capsule, which will be set up at NASA's Cape Canaveral in June. Additionally, they are developing an inflatable module for the International Space Station in collaboration with several space agencies.
In the long run, the company wants to integrate its BioPods into a self-sustaining colony on the moon or Mars. A central connector will link chambers for plant growth to comparable pods for habitation and waste processing. But first, Interstellar Lab needs to figure out how to make its technology lightweight, durable, and dependable enough to withstand the harsh vacuum of space, after proofs of concept in the Mojave Desert.
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