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Researchers tried melting the simulated Moon dust into slabs of different shapes that could be fitted together to make a paved surface. Credit: PAVER Consortium
A beam of concentrated sunlight could be used to build paved roads on the Moon by melting lunar dust, according to proof-of-concept experiments involving lasers and a substance resembling Moon dust.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03207-y
Ginés-Palomares, J.-C.et al.Sci.Rep.13, 15593 (2023).
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