Scientists have developed a “space” brick that can be made from soil and potatoes.

A team of scientists from the University of Manchester (UK) presented their version of the “space” kirpirp?

During testing, the products showed significant performance – a compressive strength of 72 MPa (734.2 kg / above cm2), which is twice that of ordinary concrete, and StarCrete from lunar regolith can withstand a pressure of 91 MPa (928 kg / cm). see sq.).

The stake on “local” alien building materials is easily explained – it is simply not possible to deliver the required amount from Earth due to exorbitant costs and limited cargo capacity of spacecraft. According to scientists, the best option is local raw materials with the addition of “imported” earthly ingredients.

STARCRETE is a mixture of iterations of Martian alcohols. The binding material of the mixture is starch, which, by the way, can be obtained from ordinary potato chips. It is estimated that 25 kg has taken place capturing 213 bricks.

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While the share of concrete and cement production accounts for about 10% of the CO2 grown for the production of StarCrete, potatoes could, on the contrary, absorb its excess from the surrounding voice.