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> Under water submerged conditions (20˚C), hardened CoRncrete specimens showed partial to complete degradation within a day. While this certainly isn't great f
by notamy 2y ago
> Under water submerged conditions (20˚C), hardened CoRncrete specimens showed partial to complete degradation within a day.
While this certainly isn't great for most obvious building use-cases, I wonder if it would have utility for ex. building a research base on the moon someday.
- szvsw 2y agoI actually have some friends working on construction materials for moon bases! ie turning regolith into bricks, using drones/robots to assemble the structures etc. pretty cool stuff. There’s a fair bit of research going on into this problem. I think the main challenge with your idea is that you have to get the corn starch to the moon… you really want your solution to be focused on ISRU (in-situ research utilization) as much as possible.
- elif 2y agoIt's a 1:5 ratio starch:regolith I think you'll find that transporting the water is far more costly, which would be the case with any lunar concrete
- szvsw 2y agoMakes sense!
- SoftTalker 2y agoThere is water on the moon. Not a lot, but there is some ice in deep craters at the poles. But there's no cornstarch.