{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The New Biology","title":"How to Terraform Mars – Erika DeBenedictis","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bd572e06\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3032,"description":"Pioneer Labs, a nonprofit research group, has engineered a microbe that eats Martian dirt and excretes bioplastic. It is the first step of their \"five organism\" plan to terraform Mars and make the planet habitable. This interview is with Erika DeBenedictis, the co-founder and CEO of Pioneer Labs.\nSubscribe to Asimov Press: https://press.asimov.com\n0:00 A first microbe engineered for Mars\n5:03 Simulating Martian chemistry\n8:27 The five \"pioneer species\"\n17:20 Water, warming, and nitrogen\n26:39 Radiation, growth rates, and poor measurements\n35:49 Starship\n41:05 Why create a second biosphere?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Cdlp_4Y2x0oxnTGtoVdklrgCMQQ-ARclU1VI-dDVZCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYTRi/NTg1Yzc3YmRiZjg1/ZjNmYmNkNjAyYjFl/NjllMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}