Erika DeBenedictis on engineering microbes for Mars

Erika DeBenedictis on engineering microbes for Mars
Erika DeBenedictis on engineering microbes for Mars Erika DeBenedictis, founder and CEO of Pioneer Labs, describes her team’s work engineering microbes capable of surviving in Martian soil and contributing to future life-support systems on the Red Planet during her presentation at the 2025 Mars Society Convention. Mat Kaplan / The Planetary Society