• more about #lunarregolith
    icelight: Man, I had bet that one of the epoxy/slurry guys would be the first to come up with a working design. They seemed to promising. I guess the only thing... more »
    Quilt: Make it a domed Moon home and you can put me down for 1. more »
    RAHfanboy: I think long term, if there is such a thing, we will be living under ground, with only things like solar arrays and entryways and greenhouse domes on ... more »
    David Serrano: I think nobody has the heart to tell them the bricks are useless without mortar. Guess the first buildings on the moon will be brick igloos! more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Natural building materials? Interesting, but this is all pointless once the University of Wisconsin finishes their project on making bricks from cheese. more »
    corpore-metal: I don't think building or raw materials was ever really a problem for colonizing the Moon. The problem is what lunar gravity will do to the human body... more »
    Tomosexual: Well it's good to see Virginia Tech students shooting for something*rimshot* more »
    KhaiJB: hmm and more applications than they think. could you pack a mold with ash and ali powder and 'fire' it in an underwater setting? (as in create walls e... more »
    Grey_Area: This will be very useful for China and India when they build the first habitats up there. more »
    Log1c: The real question becomes, how much energy does it take to make a brick? An hour of energy collected from solar panels on the moon? A day? that would ... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Hmm... you think they'll let me take a look at that when I'm in Blacksburg next month? more »
  • #spaceporn

    Building Blocks for the First Permanent Moon Base

    A group of students at Virginia Tech have invented the first bricks that could be build entirely on the Moon, using lunar rocks and powderized aluminum. It's "fired" by fusing the materials with superhot wire. More »