No kekahi mau mahina i hala iho nei, ke hana nei ʻo Haifa Group ma kahi papahana hoihoi a hoihoi hoʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Haifa i ke ākea". Ua koho ʻia ʻo Haifa Group e holo i kahi hoʻokolohua biology synthetic e ulu i ka germ germpea, kahi meaʻai maoli, ma luna o ka International Space Station ma nā kūlana microgravity.
E mālama ʻia kēia hoʻokolokolo wāwahi ʻia e ka Astronaut mākaʻikaʻi Israel mua, Eytan Stibbe, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka i Pepeluali 2022. ʻO ke ala e alakaʻi ʻia e Aviv Labs & Moon2Mars Ventures ʻoiai ʻo Haifa e komo nei i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka hale kōmaʻomaʻo liʻiliʻi a hoʻonohonoho kahi protocol nutritive e pili ana i kā lākou ʻike a me nā mea kanu mea kanu hou.
"Hiki i kēia hoʻokolohua ke aʻo iā mākou pehea e kaohi ai i ka ulu o nā mea kanu i ka lewa a me nā planeta ʻē aʻe a wehe i ke ala no nā noho e hiki mai ana ma ka Moon a me Mars," wahi a Dr. Yonatan Winetraub, ka mea noiʻi hoʻokolohua nui.
"I ka honua e loli wikiwiki nei, ke neʻe nei ʻo Haifa i mua e paionia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā hopena mea kanu mea kanu e kūpono i nā wahi ulu hou - ma ka Honua, a i kēia manawa i Space. Hōʻike kēia mikiona i ka ʻuhane paionia o ke kanaka, a e like me nā manawa mau: he kuleana nui ko Haifa i kona kūleʻa ʻana. Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā poʻe āpau i hana i kēia hoʻokolokolo a hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoukou āpau no kēia hana kupaianaha, "wahi a Natan Feldman, VP Marketing, Business Development & Innovation ma Haifa Group.