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Pioneer Labs unveils sPL.001, first engineered microbe for Mars
Pioneer frames sPL.001 as closure of expensive terraforming branch
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Pioneer Labs characterized the microbe as eliminating a major risk and cost driver in terraforming: the need for planet-wide soil remediation or fertilizer application. The organism's ability to use Martian resources directly keeps biological terraforming viable at scale.
“sPL.001 shows that, crucially and very specifically, what's in the dirt isn't going to be the dealbreaker!”
Pioneer LabsErika DeBenedictis Co-founder and CEO, Pioneer LabsPioneer Labs Nonprofit research group, California
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