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KenethSargatanas t1_j5w232a wrote

Reply to comment by alexxerth in Mycotecture — the use of mushrooms and other fungal substances for architectural purposes — could be key to building affordable, fire-resistant, insulated habitats on the Moon and Mars. NASA aims to experiment with the technique on the Moon in 2025. by clayt6

My guess is that they will extract it from lunar regolith. The Moon has all of the major elements of life just lying around. It true that it's not in the same proportions as Earth, and it will take time and effort to develop the processes to obtain and process them, but they are there.

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CyberneticPanda t1_j5x1f5l wrote

It doesn't have much hydrogen which you need to make water and hydrocarbons.

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KenethSargatanas t1_j5x2bc2 wrote

There is plenty locked up in the water ice we've detected in the polar craters. Simple electrolysis would produce more then enough hydrogen.

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