Settlements on the moon and Mars could grow thanks to the blood, sweat and tears of pioneering astronauts — literally.
So researchers are investigating ways to grow crops, produce rocket fuel and build structures with off-Earth materials.
"Scientists have been trying to develop viable technologies to produce concrete-like materials on the surface of Mars, but we never stopped to think that the answer might be inside us all along," study lead author Aled Roberts, a researcher at the University of Manchester in England, said in a
Northern Mars experienced thousands of 'super eruptions' - Tech Explorist
Some volcanoes are so powerful that they release a huge amount of dust and toxic gases into the air. This blocks sunlight and changes a planet’s climate for decades.
Along with emitting water vapor, carbon dioxide , and sulfur dioxide in the air, these explosions tore through the Martian surface over a 500-million-year period about 4 billion years ago. Each eruption had a significant climate impact.
NASA: Mars rover rocks reveal 'potentially habitable sustained environment' - CNET
NASA's Perseverance rover collected its first two Martian rock cores from "Rochette," the rock near the center of the image.
NASA has spotted other potentially habitable ancient regions on Mars, but the prospect of bringing a piece of one of these back to Earth is one of the major advancements of the Perseverance mission.
2 UNLV professors analyze samples from Mars | KSNV
Using Astronaut Blood and Space Dust To Make Cosmic Concrete – For Affordable Housing on Mars
In their study, published in Materials Today Bio , a protein from human blood, combined with a compound from urine, sweat, or tears, could glue together simulated moon or Mars soil to produce a material stronger than ordinary concrete, perfectly suited for construction work in extra-terrestrial
Shannon Curry appointed principal investigator of a NASA Mars project
UC Berkeley researcher Shannon Curry was appointed as the principal investigator of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, mission at NASA.
Curry, 38, is now one of the youngest principal investigators of any NASA mission, according to a UC Berkeley news article. She leads the MAVEN mission, which is one of only three NASA satellite missions studying Mars and the only one run by a woman, the article added.
Chinese Scientists Working on Mars Drone That Flies Faster Than Sound
Scientists in China have created a proposal for a hypersonic aircraft to travel between future Mars colonies.
The team has developed a concept for a drone that weighs 1,100 pounds and could travel at five times the speed of sound, according to the South China Morning Post , with a cruising altitude of 5,000 meters.
Mishap Mars Return of Iconic Muni Cable Cars - Railway Age
San Francisco's unique and historic cable cars on Sept. 4 returned to the streets of the City by the Bay, but an incident at their barn shut them down six days later.
Their original purpose was to provide transportation to San Franciscans and visitors to the city, which they have done for 148 years.
New spacesuits, familiar test: NASA back in C.O.
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- NASA recently tested new spacesuits designed for a return to the moon and future Mars exploration at a number of natural sites in special spots around Central Oregon and nearby.
Dr. Pascal Lee, director of NASA's Haughton-Mars project, led the testing effort in Oregon late last month.
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