A dome fabricated from glass and metallic – in the course of the moon. A fancy of underground dwellings protected by heavy metallic doorways – someplace on Mars. This is how one might think about the life of individuals removed from Earth. Or: Think of the imaginative and prescient of the previous Japanese astronaut Takao Doi. He is satisfied that the homes of the area future are usually not primarily about Aluminium and titanium, however fabricated from wooden. Grown and harvested straight on the Moon and Mars.

The path to the tree on the moon begins with a picket field at Kyoto University. Takao Doi is now 70 years outdated and has been in area twice on an area shuttle. He by no means noticed any wooden. Five handball-sized picket cubes at the moment are lined up in entrance of the scientist. The first is an easy picket field, completely crafted, Japanese carpentry. The final is framed by aluminum and coated with silicon photo voltaic cells.