Space concrete made of dust and blood of an astronaut was invented in the USA
Scientists from the University of Manchester (USA) have come up with a concrete-like material. It is reported by Materials Today Bio .
Researchers propose to make space concrete from cosmic dust and astronauts' excretions. Human blood protein combined with human excreta (urine, sweat, or tears) can glue imitation Martian soil together. This material has been found to be more durable than conventional concrete. It was named AstroCrete.
It was previously estimated that shipping one brick to Mars would cost approximately $ 2 million. Building a colony on Mars can get prohibitively expensive.
Researchers have calculated that more than 500 kg of high-strength space concrete could be produced by six astronauts during a two-year mission to Mars.
Earlier, American physicists created a new metal for the production of electronics. During the experiment, the specialists managed to discover the electron-photon liquid inside NbGe2.
