Thursday, 27 April 2017

Mars astronauts may be whipping up batches of no-bake bricks

One of the simulated Martian bricks, looking a little worse for wear after being stress-tested

Should we ever get human settlers on Mars, they'll likely have to construct their buildings at least partially out of Martian soil. That said, it would be nice if they didn't have to bring along a bunch of kilns, in order to fire that soil into bricks. Well, according to a NASA-funded study conducted at the University of California San Diego, Martian bricks can actually be made without any heat whatsoever.

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