On the Moon, Astronaut Pee Will Be a Hot Commodity
4 years, 7 months ago

On the Moon, Astronaut Pee Will Be a Hot Commodity

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Ever since President Donald Trump directed NASA to get boots on the moon by 2024, the agency and its partners have been hard at work trying to make it happen. Moon dirt is a great building material and there’s water in the form of ice at the south pole that can be turned into rocket fuel. Earlier this year, a team of European researchers demonstrated that urea, the second most common compound in human urine after water, can be mixed with moon dirt and used for construction. The resulting material is a geopolymer, which has similar properties to concrete and could potentially be used to build landing pads, habitats, and other structures on the moon.

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NASA Throws a Challenge: Offers Rs 26 Lakh to Anyone Who Can Design a Toilet for Moon
4 years, 6 months ago

NASA Throws a Challenge: Offers Rs 26 Lakh to Anyone Who Can Design a Toilet for Moon

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Including astronauts, who have since the early space era found ways to do their business in near-zero gravity -- from the Apollo missions when waste management was, in NASA's words, "a plastic bag which was taped to the buttocks to capture feces," to the more advanced toilets of the International Space Station that use fan-driven suction systems. "This challenge hopes …

Building blocks: ESA study find human urine could be used to make concrete on the moon
4 years, 7 months ago

Building blocks: ESA study find human urine could be used to make concrete on the moon

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The main ingredient in “lunar concrete” would be a powdery soil found on the moon’s surface known as lunar regolith. The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the moon. “Thanks to future lunar inhabitants, the 1.5 litres of liquid waste a person generates each day …

Human Urine Could Help Make Concrete On Moon: Space Agency
4 years, 8 months ago

Human Urine Could Help Make Concrete On Moon: Space Agency

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LOADING ERROR LOADING BERLIN — The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the moon. The agency said researchers in a recent study it It noted that using only materials available on site for a moon base or other construction would reduce the need to launch …

Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine
4 years, 9 months ago

Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine

CNN  

CNN — When NASA astronauts return to the moon in 2024, they’ll need a lunar base that allows them to stay on the surface. “To make the geopolymer concrete that will be used on the moon, the idea is to use what is there: regolith, or loose material from the moon’s surface and the water from the ice present in …

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