Sustainable life on Earth and beyond

The Earth. The Moon. Mars. What if humans become a multiplanetary species?

​​​​​​​This is the mission of Interstellar Lab, an innovative French- American startup driven by the ambition to create systems that will enable us to live better on Earth and preserve its biodiversity, and prepare humanity to settle on other planets. The project embodies the vision of founder and director Barbara Belvisi, who draws on her passion for the environment and space travel to create a meaningful and lasting impact.

“Climate change is a real emergency and we only have a small window to bring about positive change,” Belvisi said. “Yet what we need to live on Mars can also help alleviate the climate crisis we are facing.”

To withstand the most rigorous conditions, the BioPods use a combination of composites for the solid technical base, and soft and resistant polymers for the inflatable membrane.

“We want to end up with a village that is very easy to deploy and requires a minimal workforce,” Belvisi said. “That’s how we came up with the inflatable, foldable domes design, stacking everything we need to support life within the structure."

Each module is designed with CATIA on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

“We opted for a parametric design approach that enables us to generate shells and structures with complex, scalable geometry from a large amount of data,” Rhoné said. “Then we can iterate and simulate as we refine our design. A BioPod houses many different structural components. Being able to centralize all in one platform helps us work more efficiently.”

Although Interstellar Lab’s first space-ready villages will be deployed on Earth, the team keeps its space ambitions front of mind.

“We look to space to come up with new, more efficient concepts and systems that we are testing on Earth,” Belvisi said. “If you think about going to another planet, the system must be light and super-resilient. We also must consider a lot of constraints in terms of solar radiation, extreme temperature and so on.”

Interstellar Lab develops environmentally controlled, closed-loop modules designed for a self-sustainable life on Earth today, and in space in the near future.

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