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Building blocks: How China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats

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Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon base made of bricks formed from lunar soil.

Using lunar regolith to make bricks could transform the possibilities for constructing lunar habitats.

The bricks will be placed outside Tiangong to be exposed to cosmic rays and large temperature changes for three years .

The next step will be the Chang'e 8 lunar south pole landing mission in 2028 .

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