LEGO creates 'space bricks' made from meteorite dust – Physics World

Interesting article from Physics world, on a possible construction solution for bases on the Moon. Lego and a team of scientists from the ESA have created bricks from material from a crushed meteorite and a few other materials

• Space bricks from meteorite dust
• European Space Agency

I have started a Fediverse thread on this topic to ask if this technology could perhaps be combined with Boron Nitride in order to provide extra space radiation shielding.

• Boron Nitride

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#Science,#Lego,#ESA,#Space,#Moon,#MeteoriteDust,#Construction