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[Interview] New Research Suggests Building Moon Infrastructure with Potato Starch
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Scientists came up with a method to produce concrete on the Moon and Mars using potato starch. In this interview, I'm talking with Dr Aled Roberts, who is the Principle Investigator of this research.
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00:00 Intro
01:06 Building materials from biomaterials
07:06 Challenges of building on the Moon and Mars
10:20 From human blood to potato starch
19:02 How to implement the tech
26:46 DNA manipulation
32:36 Alternative applications
38:00 Outro
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