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Space Bricks
- Research scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have developed a process to make bricks on the moon for habitation using biology and mechanical engineering together.
- The process involves extracting lunar soil and using bacteria and guar beans to harden the soil into brick-like structures for habitation on the moon in the future.
- In this process urea and lunar soil will be used as raw materials for the construction.
- As guar gum is used instead of cement for structures, space bricks will also lower carbon footprint in the lunar atmosphere.
- Since micro-organisms ....
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