MOON: The INCREDIBLE Announcement of the First Astronaut Base

The MOON is at the center of an incredible announcement regarding the first base to be built on the moon for astronauts, here are the plans being made now.

MOON regolith

MOON FABRIC it is again a territory that humanity wants to "conquer", or rather to master, and this is because a base for astronauts would be built there either by NASA, or by ESA, or together. This lunar base would still be made with materials similar to those that exist on Earth, and those from ESA managed to make a material similar to the comment, which instead of water would use astronauts' urine to build the base on the MOON.

MOON FABRIC, as some of you already know, does not have water in solid form, but only ice, and for now it has not been brought to Earth for analysis, so it is not known how similar it would be in relation to the one here. However, ESA has been working for some time on this special material that would be used for the future base that will be built on the MOON, and now they seem to have arrived at something that can support 10 times its weight, so it would be useful for built.

MOON: The INCREDIBLE Announcement of the First Astronaut Base

LUNA regolith print
Regolith material for the base on the MOON printed by ESA

MOON FABRIC could have the base for astronauts built using this material called regolith, it will be easier to transport there with the ships in which the people will be sent. Moreover, the combination of all the materials in its composition, with urine, should be done as, in theory, as easily as in the case of combining cement, ESA for now making this material with 3D printers, but on the MOON this will not be possible, so it will have to be done "on the spot" by the astronauts.

"A recent ESA research showed that urea, the main organic compound found in our urine, would make the mixture for lunar concrete more malleable before hardening into a final, sturdy shape for future lunar habitats. Researchers found that adding urea to the lunar geopolymer mixture, a construction material similar to concrete, worked better than other common plasticisers, such as naphthalene or polycarboxylate to reduce the need for water."

MOON regolith hardness
Strength of the regolith material for the lunar base, tested by ESA.

MOON FABRIC it already has some of the elements that make up this material, and combining it with the astronauts' urine makes things easier, instead of looking for and melting water, only this element is also available in limited quantities. To build an entire base, without transporting there modules from Earth, would be done with difficulty, in very long periods of time, and since the conditions on the MOON are not exactly favorable, it will be interesting to see the plan for this construction.

MOON FABRIC this far from the Earth, and transporting the materials is not simple, so the regolith could actually be the "rescue" to speed up the construction of the first lunar base.