Bricks 3D Printed Using Simulated Moondust | Video

By Steve Spaleta | May 22, 2017 08:59am ET

A European Space Agency (ESA) project used focused solar heat to bake the simulated moondust, made from terrestrial volcanic material, at a temperature 1000°C to create the bricks. “Future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the Moon,” according to ESA.

credit : ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ; Music copyright: Future Perfect 4 by David O’Brien, audionetwork.com

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