The cosmic whale

The cosmic whale

Bioships the cosmic version of "Kranken" is one of the most extraordinary ideas in the world of futurism. The idea is that the entire spacecraft would be made by using the living tissue. One of the easiest ways is to cross the fungus and diatoms and then create the layer, where every cell is connected with the small strings. And the layer could be covered by using the polymer, which fits space. The cells of this kind of bioships can be connected to the brains, which is created by living neurons. 

This kind of system could recycle the nutrient, and maybe this feels impossible to make, but maybe in the future, the advanced nano- and biotechnology, what allows to create the artificial DNA or RNA that has precisely wanted properties. Creating this kind of thing, what could be even more intelligent than humans, and what can make things, what living organisms can is fascinating. 

But as you might know, bioships are not an invention of the sci-fi films of the 1970s or "Babylon 5" TV-series. There have been some sci-fi tales about the giant space octopus or jellyfish in the old books, and the idea has turned the giant space whales in the front of the eyes of the people in the movie theaters. 

There have been theories or plans to make the giant artificial squids in the laboratory. In the heads of those artificial monsters would be installed the ball-shaped module, what is connected to the nervous system of that artificial squid, and that kind of systems would be used in many missions from the scientific research to underwater work and military missions. 

If we are thinking about biological spacecraft and underwater vehicles, that kind of thing can have one benefit to regular structures. They can fix themselves without specific commands. And that makes the use of biologically renewing material in the large structures a really interesting thing. But could we sometimes make that thing in real life? 

The answer is that theoretically, the process would not be difficult. The giant squid just be cloned, and the controlling ball would install in the head of that creature, and then it would be connected into it's the nervous system. And if we would want to create the spacecraft, what is using the biological structures, the cells can be covered by using the polymer, which protects the craft against cosmic radiation.