AstroCrete: Scientists develop ‘cosmic concrete’, mixing blood, sweat and tears of astronauts with extra-terrestrial dust

AndronETalksNews
Strange Sounds
September 14, 2021
You speak of a RED planet! Transporting a single brick to Mars can cost around 2 million dollars – making the future construction of a Martian colony seem prohibitively expensive.
Scientists at The University of Manchester have now developed a way to potentially overcome this problem, by creating a concrete-like material made of extra-terrestrial dust along with the blood, sweat and tears of astronauts.
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