๐ฎ๐น #Italyโs Multi-Purpose Habitation module has met the required criteria ๐๐ of #NASAโs #Artemis programme https://europeanspaceflight.com/nasa-greenlights-next-phase-of-italian-lunar-habitat-project
#moonhabitat โ Public Fediverse posts
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Scientists ๐จโ๐ฌ at the #ESA have used dust of a 4.5-billion-year-old #meteorite โ๏ธ to print bricks in 3D to design #LaunchPads and #astronaut ๐จโ๐ shelters on the #Moon ๐ https://www.lego.com/en-us/space/article/lego-space-bricks-moon
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"#LavaTubes on the #Moon ๐ are so big they can contain #Padua's entire city center. Despite the impressive dimension ๐, they remain well within the roof stability threshold because of a lower gravitational attraction. They have great potential for providing an environment in which temperatures ๐ก๏ธ do not vary from day- to night-time" โ๏ธ๐ https://phys.org/news/2020-08-lava-tubes-mars-moon-wide.html
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๐จ๐ณ A 100kg #robot ๐ค will prepare a working area on the lunar ๐ surface and transfer the parts from the lander and assemble them. All of #Chinaโs planned #ChangE missions will be testing technologies to pave the way for Chinese #astronauts ๐จโ๐ to land on the #moon before ๐ 2030 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3251854/china-calls-developers-change-8-mission-make-and-assemble-moon-bricks
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๐๏ธ #Lunar and #Martian #StarCrete achieved compressive strengths of 91.7 and 72.0โMPa, respectively, which is well within the domain of high-strength concrete (>42โMPa). Made from ๐ฅ starch + regolith. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/eng-2022-0390/html