• Snapz@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “Oh fuck, rocks?! That’s right, let’s try rocks next. Duh!”

    -Rocket scientist, caked in blood and potato debris

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    Keep in mind that it doesn’t say that blood is bad for making bricks. Just that it is worse than potatoes. The real deciding factor will be which is cheaper to get in space.

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    I know this is a meme but actually looking into this is very interesting, the question being answered is “how can we build on distant planets” which scientists from Manchester university have tried to answer with human waste products and space dust. Any food production on a ship will be for consumption so while potato’s are a good choice on earth in reality growing potato’s on distant planets pose more question than answers.

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    8 months ago

    suuure bricks. cool cool cool cool. Did I miss the meeting where we resolved the “not able to breathe on Mars” problem?

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    This feels like it’s part of a Hideo Kojima game.

    “Blood grenades? Hah! Have you tried spuds?!”

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    So where are they making these bricks? In space? Why do you need bricks… In space?

    It would take effort and time, but surely there are far more efficient ways to make bricks on like Mars considering the vast amount of water that’s been discovered.

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      Firstly, this is for creating concrete on mars, where resources are very scarce and making regular concrete is not viable. Secondly, to survive martian conditions, we need to build bases, a lot of very sturdy, structurally sound bases. And lastly, before the potato based concrete, blood was genuinely the most viable solution, being an easily renewable resource. IIRC the martian concrete is now magnitudes better than regular concrete.

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      You’d think that, but believe it or not: blood or potatoes.

      So the three little astronauts go into the Martian house of blood, and the big bad says “L̶̛̲̗͕̞̍e̸̢̛̼̦͔͋̚͝͝t̸̩͎̺̙̗̙̃ ̶̝̖̣̃̌̚ḿ̵̡̻͆͘ę̸̛́̀̌ ̶̡̙̩͆͂ͅi̷̢͙̓̈́͛͂ń̴̬̩͔̳̱”