If you ever heard of "liquid glass", or silica glue -- it's the same kind of material as in airogel, a mix of (hydrated) silicate minerals. The main trick in m

If you ever heard of "liquid glass", or silica glue -- it's the same kind of material as in airogel, a mix of (hydrated) silicate minerals. The main trick in making aerogel is drying it out, in a way when the liquid doesn't collapse the porous structure by its surface tension. Peeps on youtube usually do this through a "supercritical CO₂" process -- which basically avoids having any liquid surface. That said, manufacturing aerogel on Mars seems way more feasible than transporting it.