Wednesday, May 22, 2013

FOR KIDS: Building with moon rocks

FOR KIDS: Building with moon rocks

Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials

Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials

By Sid Perkins

Web edition: May 22, 2013

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Lunar concrete

Findings by this teenage engineer from Hoschton, Ga., suggest that construction on the moon could be less costly than previously thought.

Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

Astronauts will likely colonize the moon one day. Because it costs thousands of dollars to lift a pound of material off of Earth and into orbit, it should prove cheaper to build moon structures from materials already there. And new research by a Georgia teen suggests that concrete made from moon rocks and soil would be stronger than ordinary concrete.

Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Building with moon rocks.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350610/title/FOR_KIDS_Building_with_moon_rocks

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