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Turning Lunar Dust Into Space Bricks for Moon Bases Using Microwave Sintering


Manufacturing the world’s largest uniform microwave-sintered lunar regolith simulant bricks. The discovery of lunar energy resources and high transport costs have led to innovations in using lunar regolith for construction. The Korea Institute has developed a method to produce strong, homogeneous b

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