Humanity wants to colonise Mars and the plan just got a huge boost
October 15, 2025 2025-10-15 14:57Humanity wants to colonise Mars and the plan just got a huge boost
Humanity wants to colonise Mars and the plan just got a huge boost
Humanity’s plans to eventually colonise Mars have been given a major boost after scientists made a huge discovery.
Both NASA and Elon Musk have announced their various plans to send humans to Mars for the first time in the coming years, including SpaceX’s plans to colonise the red planet and set up liveable cities.
SpaceX have been working with NASA for years on plans to make Mars habitable for humans, and to make it possible for people to make it there, with their huge Starship rockets having this week completed their 11th test launch.
When discussing the idea of colonising Mars and making cities liveable for humanity in space, however, there are many major stumbling blocks that still need to be overcome, including the production of food.
Astronauts are able to create yeast using just their breath thanks to advancements in science that has allowed NASA to create ‘space yeast’, something that will be incredibly useful based on brand new findings around the survivability of yeast on Mars.
This sees them put water, yeast starter, and air into a machine that is able to then create a ‘protein shake textured-yeast’ that can then be rolled and turned into pasta or tortillas.
Discovered in 2023 at a Deep Space Food Challenge, for this to be viable on Mars is a whole other issue due to the extreme climate and challenges.
Between the planet’s radiation, shock waves, and extreme temperatures, food’s ability to survive has been a major question mark within the plans to colonise the red planet.
Thankfully though, it has been revealed in a new peer-review scientific study that yeast is able to survive on Mars.
