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Va. Tech Students Create Experimental Bricks For the Moon

Posted by timothy on from the we'll-recycle-our-cans-there dept.

goran72 writes "Students from the college of engineering at Virginia Tech in the US have made highly durable bricks composed of a lunar rock-like material, which one day might be used to build dwellings in colonies on the moon."

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  1. Energy required by sakdoctor · · Score: 3, Informative

    Aluminium is present in the moons crust, but some big nuclear reactors are going to be needed.
    First for aluminium production, then for the brick making.

  2. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    It could still be used for structural purposes, just add an airtight layer to the interior after the rest of the building is done.

  3. Re:Brick house? by tmosley · · Score: 3, Informative

    He was eaten by the wolf while researching how to make long enough tubes.