Berlin, Scientists have found that lunar soil can be dissolved depending on sunlight and converted into a more solid material, which can help build paved roads and landing platforms on the moon's surface.
Several space agencies are planning to establish semi-permanent bases on the moon as a stopping station on the way to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system.
According to scientists at Aalen University in Germany, a study showed that it can smelt lunar dust into solid material after testing a new technique that can depend on sunlight.
Scientists have conducted experiments on an alternative to lunar soil that was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), using a variety of different laser sizes and types to find out what they will produce, the best of which is to use a 45 mm laser beam to make hollow triangular shapes of about 250 mm in size.
More so, the study concluded that sunlight can be used instead of the laser, thus allowing the formation of solid material using relatively small equipment and the creation of solid surfaces that can be placed on the moon's surface and then used as routes and platforms for landing on the moon.
The study noted the difficulty of landing and living on the Moon's surface as Moondust tends to cause all kinds of problems for lunar compounds by clogging and damaging instruments, explaining that this is because low gravity means that small grains float when disturbed.
However, future moon colonies may require powerful methods and landing platforms to allow humans to travel to and around the moon, but it is unlikely that we will be able to transport the materials needed to build them, given the cost of doing so, which prompts scientists to consider what is already available.
Source: Qatar News Agency