NASA: Engineered microbes could help support life in space

February 6, 2014

(Costa Rica Times) – Engineered microbes could aid in the settlement of life in space, NASA Ames Research Center’s director said at a Stanford conference on Tuesday. Altered bacteria could provide the necessary ingredients for life, such as breathable air, on places like Mars or the moon, S. Pete Worden told the annual symposium of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program. “We can edit the genome to help us live in space,” he said.