By Houssam A. Toutanji, F.ASCE, and Richard N. Grugel, Ph.D.
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Longer sojourns on the lunar surface will require the construction of suitable facilities, and concrete is expected to play an important role. However, the difficulty of transporting materials from the earth will place a premium on resourcefulness and ingenuity. New research suggests that strength need not be sacrificed when concrete is made without water.
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By Houssam A. Toutanji, F.ASCE, a professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville and the chair of its civil and environmental engineering department, and Richard N. Grugel, Ph.D., a metallurgical engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.