GrowMars process for building structures replicates a plant. It does this by putting some of the light energy captured into making more light capturing surface.

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Practical Ideas for Farming on the Moon and Mars - Universe TodayRecent research supported by NASA shows how algae-growing greenhouses could lead to colonies on the Moon and Mars that are largely self-sufficient

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ASCEND 2020 AIAA

Transformative Technologies for Space Exploration II

Published Online:2 Nov 2020 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-4153

Space Resources Roundtable Publication Architecture for a Farm in a Moon Village with In-Situ Materials for Infrastructure ARCHITECTURE FOR A FARM IN A MOON VILLAGE WITH IN-SITU MATERIALS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. A. C. Muscatello1, J. D. Burke2, R. P. Mueller3, N. J. Gelino4, B. C. Buckles5, and D. V. Tompkins6.

8-6 Slides Architecture for a Farm in a Moon Village with In-Situ Materials-Muscatello.pdf

United States Patent #10,900,004 Other countries pending