[Interview] New Research Suggests Building Moon Infrastructure with Potato Starch

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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