Could Chernobyl be key to conquering Mars? Fungus found in Ukrainian nuclear plant can EAT radiation – Brinkwire

Humans could live on the planet Mars if a fungi which spawned inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is used to protect against radiation, scientists say.
A layer of the fungus around 21 centimetres thick could ‘largely negate the annual dose-equivalent of the radiation environment on the surface of Mars’, researchers found.
‘What makes the fungus great is that you only need a few grams to start out,’ said Nils Averesch, Stanford researcher and study co-author told New Scientist.
‘It self-repli…

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