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March 02, 2004
Mooncrete a reality
UAH tests moon dust in concrete
Obviously, with it costing thousands of dollars an ounce to bring moondust to the Earth, using it for concrete here isn't very practical. But it would come in handy on the moon, especially since getting concrete up there is even more expensive. And concrete is a practical building material, of course.
By the way, I'd like to point out that the scientist doing this work, and proposing that concrete be used to construct any moonbase, was born in Syria. Occasionally, some nice news does come out of that part of the world.
Posted by Mac Thomason at March 2, 2004 03:04 PM
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