As your dog drags you around the block for his morning walk, you’re probably not thinking about the wonders of the neighborhood sidewalk. But that concrete is pretty great. Next to water, it’s the most widely used material on Earth. In the future, concrete may be equally useful off the planet—when humans construct a permanent base on the moon. They’ll need sturdy stuff that can weather bombardments from solar radiation and meteorites. No one wants a crack in their moon base!
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https://phys.org/news/2019-06-cementing-space.html