BY LETTER
Astragen(s)
Technology > Application > Envirotech
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Gengineering
Technology > Technology Levels > High Tech / Hitech
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Organic/Biotech
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Gengineering
Technology > Technology Levels > High Tech / Hitech
Technology > Technology Type or Material > Organic/Biotech
Space-adapted lifeforms | |
 Image from Steve Bowers | |
| This immature Yggdrasil Bush only covers a fraction of the planetoid it is growing on; eventually the canopy will cover the entire object, and only then will the plant release atmospheric gases | |
Designed examples include Dyson Trees, AmatFruit, GreenBubbles, OxyFruit, HydroFruit, and LifeFruit. Term derived from 'astra' (star) and 'genus' (life form). Xenobiont astragens include the various species of space amoeba, which may themselves have been designed or modified by ancient and/or extinct xenosophonts.
Related Articles
- AmatFruit
- Cosmoamoeba, Giant Space Amoeba
- Deepwood
- Dyson Trees
- HydroFruit - Text by John B
Astragen capable of producing purified water from contact with oxygen and hydrogen bearing materials. Often used in Oort-belt dispersals, in which case the organism will occasionally be designed to exude ice particulates. - LifeFruit - Text by John B
Generates ATP (adenosine triphosphate, a basic biologic energy storage molecule), but is one of the more power-hungry forms of astragen. LifeFruit typically requires earth-type solar energy levels. - OxyFruit
- Space Canopy and Greenbubbles
- Vacuum Flora
- Yggdrasil Bush, Yggy
Appears in Topics
Development Notes
Text by John B
Initially published on 31 December 2007.
Initially published on 31 December 2007.
